Ravin of Voulgarakis (Pleistocene of Greece)

Also known as RVL Ravin Voulgarakis

Where: Macedonia, Greece (40.6° N, 23.5° E: paleocoordinates 40.5° N, 23.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Platanochori Formation, Early/Lower Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.8 Ma)

• MNQ 20, Latest Villafrachian, end Biharian, late Lower Pleistocene, approx 1.0Ma?

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 34783: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 25.09.2003

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Taxonomic list

• Only skulls and teeth included in the numbers of specimens listed in Koufos and Kostopoulos (1997).
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Mammalia
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
Spermophilus nogaici
Spermophilus nogaici ground squirrel
 Rodentia - Zapodidae
Sicista subtilis
Sicista subtilis Pallas 1773 southern birch mouse
 Rodentia - Muridae
Apodemus mystacinus, "Apodemus sylvaticus" = Mus sylvaticus, Pliospalax senii
Apodemus mystacinus Danford and Alston 1877 Eastern broad-toothed field mouse
"Apodemus sylvaticus" = Mus sylvaticus Linnaeus 1758 wood mouse
Pliospalax senii blind mole
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Kislangia sp., Cricetinus koufosi, Mimomys savini, Microtus pitymyoides, Lagurodon arankae
Kislangia sp. Kretzoi 1954 mouse
 Rodentia - Gliridae
Glis aff. glis, Myomimus sp.
Glis aff. glis Linnaeus 1766 edible doormouse
Myomimus sp. Ognev 1924 dormouse
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Leporidae indet.
Leporidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 rabbit
 Carnivora - Canidae
Canis arnensis
Canis arnensis Del Campana 1913 canine
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
"Putorius sp." = Mustela (Putorius)
"Putorius sp." = Mustela (Putorius) Cuvier 1817 polecat
 Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae
Hippopotamus amphibius
Hippopotamus amphibius Linnaeus 1758 hippo
Hippopotamus amphibius antiquus
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
"Equus stenonis" = Allohippus stenonis
"Equus stenonis" = Allohippus stenonis Cocchi 1867 horse
 Theriamorpha - Soricidae
Crocidura kornfeldi, Sorex cf. minutus, Sorex (Drepanosorex) cf. praearaneus, Asoriculus cf. castellarini, Beremendia fissidens
Crocidura kornfeldi Kormos 1934 white-toothed shrew
Sorex cf. minutus Linnaeus 1766 Eurasian pygmy shrew
Sorex (Drepanosorex) cf. praearaneus Kormos 1934 long-tailed shrew
Beremendia fissidens Petényi 1864 shrew
 Theriamorpha - Talpidae
Talpa sp.
Talpa sp. Linnaeus 1758 mole