Kalliphytos: Pliocene - Early Pleistocene, Greece
collected by A. Athanassiou, Greek Ministry of Culture 2005
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Gomphotheriidae
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Anancus arvernensis
(Croizet and Jobert 1828)
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| Mandible with left and right third molars (m3), without specimen number | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Greece | State/province: | Drama |
| Coordinates: | 41.2° North, 24.2° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 41.1° North, 24.1° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||
| Altitude: | 198 meters | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Neogene - Quaternary | Epoch: | Pliocene - Pleistocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Pliocene - Early Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 5.333 - 0.774 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | gravel |
| Lithology description: The proboscidean find was embedded in a weakly consolidated gravel of fluvial origin | |
| Environment: | fluvial indet. |
| Geology comments: The depositional environment was that of a high energy river or torrent, as indicated by the prevalence of layers with very large pebbles and cobbles and generally chaotic texture. In some places pebble imbrication features indicate a North–South current flow, parallel to the modern Platanórrema flow | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Fragmentation: | frequent |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
| Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),field collection | ||
| Collection size: | 1 individuals | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Collectors: | A. Athanassiou, Greek Ministry of Culture | Collection dates: | 2005 |
| Collection method comments: The specimen belongs to the collections of the Archaeological Museum of Dráma, where it is exhibited since May 2013 | |||
| Taxonomic list comments:Although there are extensive sections in the Kallíphytos area, no other fossils were found during the initial expedition, as well as in brief, more recent surveys | |||
Metadata
| Database number: | 202532 | ||
| Authorizer: | E. Vlachos | Enterer: | E. Vlachos |
| Created: | 2019-07-13 09:39:22 | Last modified: | 2019-07-13 09:39:22 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2019-07-13 09:39:22 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 69396. | A. Athanassiou. 2016. Craniomandibular remains of Anancus arvernensis (Proboscidea, Mammalia) from Greece: The samples from Kallíphytos (E. Macedonia) and Sésklo (Thessaly). Quaternary International 406:25-34 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos] |