PBDB Collection

Marathousa 1, unit UB4 (Pleistocene of Greece)

Where: Greece (37.4° N, 22.1° E: paleocoordinates 37.4° N, 22.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.1 Ma)

• Weighted mean of several optically stimulated luminescence dates

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; unlithified, fine-grained, brown, silty sandstone

• The site context represents a low-energy depositional environment, such as a shallow-water swamp close to the shore of the lake.

• Layer 4 is a 0.6–1.8m-thick deposit of dark brown silty sand, rich in organic remains and interbedded with lenses of fine sands, some of which are laminated. The underlying Layer 5 is composed of greyish clayey sand, and it is more homogeneous in structure than the previous layer. In addition to lithic artefacts, and with the exception of small (usually < 20mm) sandstone and limestone gravels that occur very sporadically, all layers in the sequence generally lack any rocks.

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: D. Michailidis, G. E. Konidaris, A. Athanassiou, E. Panagopoulou, and K. Harvati. 2018. The ornithological remains from Marathousa 1 (Middle Pleistocene; Megalopolis Basin, Greece). Quaternary International 497:85-94 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 199939: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 22.02.2019, edited by Evangelos Vlachos

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Taxonomic list

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Aves
Gruiformes - Rallidae	Fulica atra, Porphyrio porphyrio Fulica atra Linnaeus 1758 common coot Porphyrio porphyrio Linnaeus 1758 western swamphen
Anseriformes - Anatidae	Mareca strepera, Aythya ferina, Aythya nyroca, Aythya fuligula, Anas platyrhynchos, Anas crecca, Spatula clypeata Mareca strepera Linnaeus 1758 gadwall Aythya ferina Linnaeus 1758 common pochard Aythya nyroca Güldenstädt 1770 ferruginous pochard Aythya fuligula Linnaeus 1758 tufted duck Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus 1758 mallard Anas crecca Linnaeus 1758 Eurasian teal Spatula clypeata Linnaeus 1758 northern shoveler
Pelecaniformes - Threskiornithidae	Plegadis falcinellus Plegadis falcinellus Linnaeus 1766 glossy ibis
Charadriiformes - Scolopacidae	Calidris cf. ferruginea Calidris cf. ferruginea Pontoppidan 1763 curlew sandpiper
Mammalia
Theriamorpha - Soricidae	Crocidura sp.¹ Crocidura sp.¹ Wagler 1832 white-toothed shrew
Rodentia - Cricetidae	Microtus sp.¹, Arvicola mosbachensis¹ Microtus sp.¹ Schrank 1798 vole Arvicola mosbachensis¹ vole
Primates - Cercopithecidae	Macaca sylvanus² Macaca sylvanus² Linnaeus 1758 Barbary macaque cf. pliocena, Left mandibular fragment with canine and P3eM2, EPS-MAR-1-926/587-47; right mandibular fragment with P4eM3, EPS-MAR-1-925/587-33 (the fragments refit forming a complete mandible, designated EPS-MAR-1-9B)

¹Doukas et al. 2018; ²Konidaris et al. 2022