Pyrgos (Pliocene of Greece)

Also known as PRG, Pirghos

Where: Peloponnisos, Greece (37.7° N, 21.5° E: paleocoordinates 37.5° N, 21.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)

• Date uncertain, placed in MNQ18, Late Villafranchian, Late Villanyian, Late Pliocene.

Environment/lithology:

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: G. D. Koufos. 2001. The Villafranchian mammalian faunas and biochronology of Greece. Bollettino della Societa Paleontologica Italiana 40(2):217-223 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 34655: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 15.09.2003

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Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Mammalia
 Carnivora - Felidae
Lynx issiodorensis Croizet and Jobert 1828 lynx
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus cf. stehlini, "Equus cf. stenonis" = Allohippus stenonis
"Equus cf. stenonis" = Allohippus stenonis Cocchi 1867 horse
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821 antelope
Leptobos sp. Rutimeyer 1878 antelope
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Cervidae indet. Gray 1821 deer
""Cervus" cf. pardinensis" = Metacervocerus pardinensis Croizet and Jobert 1828 deer
"Cervus" sp. Linnaeus 1758 deer