Ravin de Zouaves-5 (Miocene of Greece)

Also known as RZ5

Where: Chalkidona, Greece (40.8° N, 22.8° E: paleocoordinates 40.5° N, 22.5° E)

When: MN11 mammal zone, Turolian (8.7 - 5.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: fluvial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the MNHN

Primary reference: G. D. Koufos. 2012. New material of Carnivora (Mammalia) from the Late Miocene of Axios Valley, Macedonia, Greece. Comptes Rendus Palevol 11:49-64 [M. Uhen/J. Villari/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 195489: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 10.08.2018, edited by Evangelos Vlachos

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Primates - Cercopithecidae
Mesopithecus pentelicus1 Wagner 1839 monkey
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hipparion proboscideum1 hipparionine horse
Hipparion dietrichi1 Wehrli 1941 hipparionine horse
Hipparion macedonicum1 Koufos 1984 hipparionine horse
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Gazella sp.1 Blaineville 1816 gazelle
Tragoportax rugosifrons1 Schlosser 1904 antelope
Nisidorcas planicornis1 Pilgrim 1939 antelope
 Artiodactyla - Giraffidae
Helladotherium duvernoyi1 Gaudry and Lartet 1856 giraffe
 Carnivora - Felidae
Machairodus giganteus Wagner 1848 cat
 Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Hyaenidae indet.1 Gray 1821 hyaena
Plioviverrops orbignyi Gaudry and Lartet 1856 hyaena
Adcrocuta eximia1 Roth and Wagner 1854 hyaena
 Proboscidea - Mammutidae
Mammut sp.2 Blumenbach 1799 mastodon
 Proboscidea - Choerolophodontidae
Choerolophodon pentelici1 Gaudry and Lartet 1856 proboscidean