Gefira 2 (=GAS2): Pliocene, Greece
collected by J. Sterli 2015
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Geoemydidae
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Mauremys aristotelica n. sp.
Vlachos et al. 2019
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| LGPUT GAS 34, partial carapace and plastron | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Greece | State/province: | Thessaloniki |
| Coordinates: | 40.7° North, 22.7° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 40.6° North, 22.5° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Pliocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Pliocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 5.33300 - 2.58000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | gray unlithified silty sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: The turtle was found in poorly-consolidated dark grey marly sands | |
| Environment: | fluvial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Abundance in sediment: | rare |
| Fragmentation: | occasional |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),field collection | ||
| Collection size: | 1 specimens | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Collectors: | J. Sterli | Collection dates: | 2015 |
| Collection method comments: LGPUT, collection of the Laboratory of Geology and Palaeontology of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. | |||
Metadata
| Also known as: | Gephyra | ||
| Database number: | 196230 | ||
| Authorizer: | E. Vlachos | Enterer: | E. Vlachos |
| Created: | 2018-09-09 14:32:25 | Last modified: | 2018-09-09 14:32:25 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2018-09-09 14:32:25 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 66752. | E. Vlachos, J. Sterli, K. Vasileiadou and G. Syrides. 2019. A new species of Mauremys (Testudines, Geoemydidae) from the Late Miocene - Pliocene of Central Macedonia (Northern Greece) with excpetionally wide vertebral scutes. Papers in Palaeontology 5(1):177-195 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos] |