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Vathylakkos-3 , Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia, Greece

Lat/Long (Decimal)40.7792,22.7022
Co-ordinates Derivationnot explained
Given LocationChalkidona, Greece
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates)Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia, Greece

Collections

CollectionReferenceStratigraphic NameCommentsLithologyAge
Vathylakkos-3 (=VAT)Arambourg C., Piveteau J. (1929)sandstone11.608 - 5.333 Ma
Miocene

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Gazella sp.
genus		Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Bovidae : Gazella11.608 - 5.333 Ma
Miocene
Helicotragus sp.
genus		Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Bovidae : Prostrepsiceros11.608 - 5.333 Ma
Miocene
Nisidorcas sp.
genus		Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Bovidae : Nisidorcas11.608 - 5.333 Ma
Miocene
Orasius
11.608 - 5.333 Ma
Miocene
Palaeoreas lindermayeri
species		Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Bovidae : Palaeoreas : Palaeoreas lindermayeri11.608 - 5.333 Ma
Miocene
Prostrepsiceros sp.
genus		Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Bovidae : Prostrepsiceros11.608 - 5.333 Ma
Miocene
Protoryx carolinae
species		Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Bovidae : Protoryx : Protoryx carolinae11.608 - 5.333 Ma
Miocene
Tragelaphus sp.
genus		Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Bovidae : Tragelaphus11.608 - 5.333 Ma
Miocene
Tragocerus sp.
genus		Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Bovidae : Tragocerus11.608 - 5.333 Ma
Miocene
Tragoportax sp.
genus		Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Bovidae : Tragoportax11.608 - 5.333 Ma
Miocene
Giraffa sp.
genus		Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Giraffidae : Giraffa11.608 - 5.333 Ma
Miocene
Helladotherium duvernoyi
species		Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Giraffidae : Helladotherium : Helladotherium duvernoyi11.608 - 5.333 Ma
Miocene
Samotherium boissieri
species		Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Giraffidae : Samotherium : Samotherium boissieri11.608 - 5.333 Ma
Miocene
Microstonyx major
species		Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Suidae : Microstonyx : Microstonyx major11.608 - 5.333 Ma
Miocene
Sus sp.
genus		Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Suidae : Sus11.608 - 5.333 Ma
Miocene
Dorcatherium puyhauberti
species		Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Tragulidae : Dorcatherium : Dorcatherium puyhauberti11.608 - 5.333 Ma
Miocene
Machairodus sp.
genus		Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Felidae : Machairodus11.608 - 5.333 Ma
Miocene
Pristifelis attica
species		Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Felidae : Pristifelis : Pristifelis attica11.608 - 5.333 Ma
Miocene
Hyaena sp.
genus		Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Hyaenidae : Hyaena11.608 - 5.333 Ma
Miocene
Ictitherium sp.
genus		Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Hyaenidae : Ictitherium11.608 - 5.333 Ma
Miocene
Plioviverrops orbignyi
species		Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Hyaenidae : Plioviverrops : Plioviverrops orbignyi11.608 - 5.333 Ma
Miocene
Plesiogulo sp.
genus		Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Mustelidae : Plesiogulo11.608 - 5.333 Ma
Miocene
Anisodon macedonicus
species		Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Chalicotheriidae : Anisodon : Anisodon macedonicus11.608 - 5.333 Ma
Miocene
Hipparion sp.
genus		Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Equidae : Hipparion11.608 - 5.333 Ma
Miocene
Hipparion dietrichi
species		Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Equidae : Hipparion : Hipparion dietrichi11.608 - 5.333 Ma
Miocene
Hipparion macedonicum
species		Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Equidae : Hipparion : Hipparion macedonicum11.608 - 5.333 Ma
Miocene
Aceratherium sp.
genus		Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Rhinocerotidae : Aceratherium11.608 - 5.333 Ma
Miocene
Rhinoceros sp.
genus		Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Rhinocerotidae : Rhinoceros11.608 - 5.333 Ma
Miocene
Mammut sp.
genus		Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Proboscidea : Mammutidae : Mammut11.608 - 5.333 Ma
Miocene
Testudo sp.
genus		Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Testudinidae : Testudo11.608 - 5.333 Ma
Miocene

References

Arambourg C., Piveteau J. (1929) Les vertébrés du Pontien de Salonique, Annales de Paleontologie 18, 59-83
de Bonis L., Bouvrain G., et al (1988) Late Miocene mammal localities of the lower Axios valley (Macedonia, Greece) and their stratigraphic significance, Modern Geology 13, 141-147
Koufos G. D. (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 doi:10.1016/j.annpal.2012.06.002
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
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