Prochoma-1: Late Miocene, Greece
collected by L. de Bonis, GD. Koufos 1985

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Bovidae
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821
Gazella sp. Blaineville 1816
    = Gazella pilgrimi Bohlin 1935
Koufos 2006
Prostrepsiceros (Helicotragus) zitteli
Palaeoreas zouavei
    = Palaeoreas sp. Gaudry 1861
Koufos 2006
Nisidorcas planicornis (Pilgrim 1939)
Protoryx sp. Forsyth Major 1891
Koufos 2006
Tragoportax rugosifrons (Schlosser 1904)
Mammalia - Giraffidae
Helladotherium sp. Gaudry 1860
    = Helladotherium duvernoyi Gaudry and Lartet 1856
Kondopoulou et al. 1992
Mammalia - Suidae
Microstonyx major (Gervais 1848)
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hipparion sp. de Christol 1832
Koufos 2006
Hipparion dietrichi (Wehrli 1941)
Hipparion sp. de Christol 1832
    = Hipparion macedonicum Koufos 1984
Koufos 1987
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Chalicotheriidae
Chalicotheriidae indet. Gill 1872
Kondopoulou et al. 1992
    = Chalicotherium goldfussi Kaup 1833
Koufos 2006
    = Anisodon macedonicus de Bonis et al. 1995
Koufos 2012
Mammalia - Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Ictitherium sp. Wagner 1848
    = Ictitherium viverrinum Roth 1854
Koufos 2006
Plioviverrops sp. Kretzoi 1938
    = Plioviverrops orbignyi Gaudry and Lartet 1856
Kondopoulou et al. 1992
Adcrocuta sp. Kretzoi 1938
    = Adcrocuta eximia Roth and Wagner 1854
Koufos 2006
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Choerolophodontidae
Choerolophodon pentelicus
    = Choerolophodon pentelici Gaudry and Lartet 1856
Konidaris et al. 2016
see common names

Geography
Country:Greece State/province:Chalkidona
Coordinates: 40.8° North, 22.7° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:40.5° North, 22.4° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Neogene Epoch: Miocene
10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 6
Key time interval: Late Miocene Mammal zone:  MN12
Age range of interval: 11.63 - 5.333 m.y. ago
Age estimate: 7.56 to 7.43 Ma (paleomagnetic)
Stratigraphy
Formation:Vathylakkos
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:gray sandstone
Secondary lithology: claystone
Includes fossils?Y
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: gritty marls, grey sands, sandy marls, marls, sands and gravels
Environment:fluvial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collectors:L. de Bonis, GD. Koufos Collection dates:1985
Collection method comments: LGPUT
Metadata
Also known as:PXM
Database number:202222
Authorizer:E. Vlachos Enterer:E. Vlachos
Modifier:E. Vlachos
Created:2019-07-01 10:13:04 Last modified:2019-07-01 10:18:13
Access level:the public Released:2019-07-01 10:13:04
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

69303. L. de Bonis, G. Bouvrain, D. Geraads and G. D. Koufos. 1986. Découverte d'un nouveau gisement de Vertébrés dans le Miocène supérieur de Macédoine (Grèce). Comptes rendus de l'Académie des sciences 303(15):1397-1400 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]

Secondary references:

69306 D. Kondopoulou, S. Sen, G. D. Koufos and L. Bonis. 1992. Magneto-and biostratigraphy of the late Miocene mammalian locality of Prochoma (Macedonia, Greece). Paleontologia i Evolució 24-25:135-139 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]
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]
61193 G. Koufos. 2006. The Neogene mammal localities of Greece: Faunas, chronology and biostratigraphy. Hellenic Journal of Geosciences 41:183-214 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos/T. Cleary]
69304 G. D. Koufos. 1987. Study of Turolian hipparions of the lower Axios valley (Macedonia, Greece). 2. Locality "Prochoma-1" PXM. Paläontologische Zeitschrift 61(3/4):339-358 [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]