Kalamoto 1: Early Pleistocene, Greece
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Praemegaceros pliotarandoides
(De Alessandri 1903)
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Cervus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Bison (Eobison) sp.
Hamilton-Smith 1827
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Mammalia
- Hippopotamidae
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Hippopotamus amphibius
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Dicerorhinus etruscus
(Falconer 1868)
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Equus stenonis
Cocchi 1867
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Mimomys savini
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Mammuthus (Archidiskodon) meridionalis
(Nesti 1825)
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Bivalvia
- Unionida
- Unionidae
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Unio sp.
Philipsson 1788
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Planorbidae
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Planorbis sp.
Muller 1774
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Geography
| Country: | Greece | State/province: | Mygdonia |
| Coordinates: | 40.5° North, 23.4° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 40.5° North, 23.3° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | unpublished field data | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Early Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 2.58 - 0.774 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Platanochori |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | gray siltstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: gray marls and silt-sands with mollusks | |
| Environment: | lacustrine - small |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some macrofossils |
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: The material is deposited in the Museum of Kalamoto | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | KAL | ||
| Database number: | 200083 | ||
| Authorizer: | E. Vlachos | Enterer: | E. Vlachos |
| Modifier: | E. Vlachos | ||
| Created: | 2019-03-06 14:45:13 | Last modified: | 2019-03-06 14:49:21 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2019-03-06 14:45:13 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 68076. | E. Tsoukala and K. Chatzopoulou. 2005. A New Early Pleistocene (Latest Villafranchian) Site with Mammals in Kalamotó (Mygdonia Basin, Macedonia, Greece) – Preliminary Report. Mitt. Komm. Quartärforsch. Österr. Akad. Wiss 14:213-233 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos] |