Milia 2a (=MIL 2a): Late/Upper Pliocene, Greece

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Stephanorhinus jeanvireti (Guérin 1972)
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Tapiridae
Tapirus arvernensis Croizet and Jobert 1828
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hipparion sp. de Christol 1832
Mammalia - Suidae
Sus arvernensis Deperet 1885
Mammalia - Cervidae
Croizetoceros ramosus (Croizet and Jobert 1828)
Mammalia - Bovidae
Gazella borbonica
Grevenobos antiquus Cregut-Bonnoure and Tsoukala 2017
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Homotherium crenatidens Fabrini 1890
Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae
Ursus etruscus Cuvier 1823
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Anancus arvernensis (Croizet and Jobert 1828)
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Mammutidae
Mammut borsoni (Hays 1834)
Reptilia - Testudines - Geoemydidae
Mauremys sp. Gray 1870
see common names

Geography
Country:Greece State/province:Grevena
Coordinates: 40.2° North, 21.5° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:40.1° North, 21.4° East
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Pliocene
Stage:Piacenzian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Late/Upper Pliocene Mammal zone: MN 16a
Age range of interval:3.60000 - 2.58800 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:medium,brown,yellow unlithified sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:fluvial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Degree of concentration:dispersed
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Fragmentation:frequent
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (in situ),field collection
Collection size:192 specimens
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:195290
Authorizer:E. Vlachos Enterer:E. Vlachos
Modifier:P. Wagner
Created:2018-08-03 11:05:10 Last modified:2019-04-08 15:26:14
Access level:the public Released:2018-08-03 11:05:10
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

66506. E. Vlachos, E. Tsoukala, E. Cregut-Bonnoure, C. Guerin, and D. Mol. 2018. The Paradise Lost of Milia (Grevena, Greece; Late Pliocene, Early Villafranchian, MN15/MN16a): faunal composition and diversity. Quaternary MDPI 1(13):1-18 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]