Halmyropotamos
Basic information
Sample name: Halmyropotamos
Reference: J. K. Melentis. 1968. Die Pikermifauna von Halmyropotamos (Euböa - Griechenland). 1 Teil: Odontologie und Kraniologie. Annales géologiques des pays helléniques 19:283-411 [ER 4018]
Geography
Country: Greece
Coordinate: 38.28° N, 24.18° E
Latlng basis: estimated from map
Time interval: Late Miocene
Zone: MN12
Geography comments: said to be 1 km northeast of Halmyropotamos, but shown in Fig. 1 as being to the northwest
coordinate extrapolated from the location of Almiropotamos, the town's current name
correlated closely with Pikermi by the author and therefore MN12
Koufos (2006, Fig. 9) considers it older than Pikermi but still within MN12
coordinate extrapolated from the location of Almiropotamos, the town's current name
correlated closely with Pikermi by the author and therefore MN12
Koufos (2006, Fig. 9) considers it older than Pikermi but still within MN12
Environment
Lithology: claystone
Taphonomic context: fluvial deposit
Habitat comments: "red - brown gravelly clay which contains silex"
fluvially transported, but "the bones are relatively undamaged"
fluvially transported, but "the bones are relatively undamaged"
Methods
Life forms: carnivores, rodents, ungulates, other large mammals, turtles
Sample size: 171 specimens
Years: 1916, 1966
Net or trap nights: 0
Basal area status: not applicable
Sampling comments: the examined material consisted of 30 boxes in the Geological and Palaeontological Department and Museum of Athens University that were collected in 1916 by academics Th. Skouphos and M. K. Mitsopoulos and residents P. Stamatas and J. Tolias
excavation is not mentioned
the author relocated the site in 1966, collecting the Testudo specimen and "teeth of Hipparion mediterraneum" and "various" bovids that may or may not be included in the descriptions
counts are of cranial material and teeth only
excavation is not mentioned
the author relocated the site in 1966, collecting the Testudo specimen and "teeth of Hipparion mediterraneum" and "various" bovids that may or may not be included in the descriptions
counts are of cranial material and teeth only
Metadata
Sample no: 4435
Contributor no: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2024-11-06 09:49:08
Modified: 2024-11-06 09:49:08
Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
24 species
12 singletons
total count 171
geometric series index: 59.9
Fisher's α: 7.603
geometric series k: 0.8388
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.803
Shannon's H: 2.1592
Good's u: 0.9299
Register
| †Metailurus major (saber-toothed cat) | 4 | |
| †Yoshi minor (saber-toothed cat) | 1 | |
| "Metailurus parvulus" | ||
| †Machairodus aphanistus (saber-toothed cat) | 2 | |
| †Simocyon primigenius | 1 | |
| †Adcrocuta eximia (hyena) | 1 | |
| "Crocuta eximia" | ||
| †Zygolophodon turicensis (mastodon) | 1 | |
| "Mastodon (Zygolophodon) tapiroides" | ||
| †Pliohyrax graecus | 4 | |
| †Hystrix primigenia | 1 | |
| †Cremohipparion mediterraneum (horse) | 57 | |
| "Hipparion mediterraneum" | ||
| †Hippotherium koenigswaldi (horse) | 4 | |
| "Hipparion koenigswaldi": see Bernor et al. (2021) | ||
| †Hipparion theniusi (horse) | 1 | |
| type | ||
| †Dihoplus pikermiensis (rhinoceros) | 1 | |
| "Dicerorhinus orientalis": see Geraads (1988) | ||
| †Hippopotamodon major (pig) | 7 | |
| "Sus (Microstonyx) major" | ||
| Cervidae indet. | 13 | |
| "Pliocervus pentelici": see Croitor (2014) | ||
| †Tragoportax amalthea | 45 | |
| "Tragocerus amaltheus" | ||
| †Palaeoreas lindermayeri | 1 | |
| valid: see Geraads (2003) | ||
| †Majoreas woodwardi | 1 | |
| "Prostrepsiceros woodwardi": see Kostopoulos (2004) | ||
| †Gazella gaudryi (gazelle) | 11 | |
| †Protragelaphus skouzesi | 5 | |
| valid: see Kostopoulos (2004) | ||
| †Prostrepsiceros rotundicornis | 1 | |
| "Helicotragus rotundicornis": see Bukhsianidze (2024) | ||
| †Palaeoryx pallasi | 4 | |
| "Palaeoryx woodwardi": see Kostopolous (2005) | ||
| †Palaeoryx majori | 3 | |
| valid: see Kostopolous (2005) | ||
| †Skoufotragus laticeps | 1 | |
| "Protoryx hentscheli": see Kostopolous (2009) | ||
| †Testudo marmorum | 1 | |
| valid: see Garcia et al. (2020) | ||