Pentalophos 1: Vallesian, Greece
collected 1983
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Ouzoceros sp.
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Koufos 1995 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Choerolophodontidae
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Choerolophodon pentelicus
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Koufos 1995 | |||||||||
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= Choerolophodon anatolicus
Ozansoy 1965
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Konidaris et al. 2016 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Tubulidentata
- Orycteropodidae
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Orycteropus pottieri
Ozansoy 1965
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| right maxillary fragment with C–M3 (LGPUT-PNT-127) and right mandibular fragment with c–m1 (LGPUT-PNT-129) | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Hipparion sp.
de Christol 1832
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Koufos 1995 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Ceratotherium neumayeri
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Koufos 1995 | |||||||||
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Aceratherium kiliasi
Geraads and Koufos 1990
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Koufos 1995 | |||||||||
| recombined as Chilotherium kiliasi | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Chalicotheriidae
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Ancylotherium hellenicum n. sp.
Koufos 2012
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Koufos 2012 | |||||||||
| Holotype. Skull PNT-160. | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Giraffidae
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? Decennatherium macedoniae
Geraads 1989
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Koufos 1995 | |||||||||
| recombined as Palaeogiraffa macedoniae | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Gazella sp.
Blaineville 1816
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Koufos 1995 | |||||||||
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Boselaphini indet.
Knottnerus-Meyer 1997
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Koufos 1995 | |||||||||
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Protoryx sp.
Forsyth Major 1891
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Koufos 1995 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Hyaenidae
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Protictitherium cf. crassum
Deperet 1892
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Koufos 1995 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Percrocutidae
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Dinocrocuta gigantea
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Koufos 1995 | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Greece | State/province: | Central Macedonia |
| Coordinates: | 40.7° North, 22.9° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 40.4° North, 22.5° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| Stage: | Tortonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Vallesian | Mammal zone: | MN 9 |
| Age range of interval: | 11.63000 - 8.70000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Nea Messimvria |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | conglomerate |
| Secondary lithology: | sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: Series of red-beds which is the bottom of the ravine consist of hard conglomerates overlaid by consolidated sands, gravels, and reddish clays | |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),mechanical,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | Collection dates: | 1983 |
| Collection method comments: Material stored in the collections of the Laboratory of Geology and Paleontology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | PNT | ||
| Database number: | 202119 | ||
| Authorizer: | E. Vlachos | Enterer: | E. Vlachos |
| Created: | 2019-06-24 12:53:15 | Last modified: | 2019-06-24 12:53:15 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2019-06-24 12:53:15 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 69229. | L. de Bonis, G. Bouvrain, D. Geraads, G. D. Koufos, and S. Sen. 1994. The first aardvarks from the Miocene of Macedonia (Greece). Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie Monatshefte 194(2/3):343-360 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos] |
Secondary references:
| 69398 | G. E. Konidaris, G. D. Koufos, D. S. Kostopoulos and G. Merceron. 2016. Taxonomy, biostratigraphy and palaeoecology of Choerolophodon (Proboscidea, Mammalia) in the Miocene of SE Europe-SW Asia: implications for phylogeny and biogeography. Journal of Systematic Paleontology 14:1-27 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos] | |
| 69230 | G. D. Koufos. 1995. The Late Miocene percrocutas (Carnivora, Mammalia) of Macedonia, Greece. Palaeovertebrata 24(1-2):67-84 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos] | |
| 69308 | G. D. Koufos. 2012. New material of Chalicotheriidae (Perissodactyla, Mammalia) from the Late Miocene of Axios Valley, Macedonia (Greece) with the description of a new species. Annales de Paléontologie 98(3):203-224 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos] |