Pyrgos
Basic information
Sample name: Pyrgos
Reference: M. Böhme, N. Spassov, M. Ebner, D. Geraads, L. Hristova, U. Kirscher, S. Kötter, U. Linnemann, J. Prieto, S. Roussiakis, G. Theodorou, G. Uhlig, and M. Winklhofer. 2017. Messinian age and savannah environment of the possible hominin Graecopithecus from Europe. PLOS One 12(e0177347):1-31 [ER 4399]
Geography
Country: Greece
Coordinate: 38° 2' N, 23° 43' E
Coordinate basis: estimated from map
Scale: quarry
Formation: Pikermi
Time interval: Late Miocene
Zone: MN13
Max Ma: 7.18
Min Ma: 7.17
Age basis: other
Geography comments: "near Pyrgos Vassilissis Amalias" (coordinate estimated from Fig. 1)
from the Pikermi Formation (see Fig. 2) and Graecopithecus was found "at the top of the Red Conglomeratic Member"
"late Turolian (MN 13)"
a date of "7.18–7.17" is based on magnetic stratigraphy, biochronology, and ultimately cyclostratigraphy
from the Pikermi Formation (see Fig. 2) and Graecopithecus was found "at the top of the Red Conglomeratic Member"
"late Turolian (MN 13)"
a date of "7.18–7.17" is based on magnetic stratigraphy, biochronology, and ultimately cyclostratigraphy
Environment
Lithology: siltstone
Taphonomic context: aeolian deposit
Habitat comments: the member is "represents an alternation of red silts with a weak pedogenic overprint and debris flow deposits", and the fossils are from the silts
the sediments "suggest aeolian transport of silt"
the sediments "suggest aeolian transport of silt"
Methods
Life forms: carnivores,primates,ungulates
Sample size: 21 specimens
Years: 1944
Museum: Naturhistorische Gesellschaft Nürnberg, Palaeontological Museum University of Athens
Sampling comments: the fossils are "deposited in the Naturhistorische Gesellschaft Nürnberg (v. Freyberg collection numbers TE 101–133) and the Palaeontological Museum University of Athens (Paraskevaidis collection, prefix AMPG)"
these are historical collections dating originally described by Freyburg (1949), and collecting methods are not described
these are historical collections dating originally described by Freyburg (1949), and collecting methods are not described
Metadata
Sample number: 4676
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2025-08-26 00:36:14
Modified: 2025-08-26 00:36:14
Abundance distribution
11 species
7 singletons
total count 21
geometric series index: 45.4
Fisher's α: 9.332
geometric series k: 0.8360
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8452
Shannon's H: 2.1527
Good's u: 0.6714
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Register
| †Graecopithecus freybergi | 1 | |
| Proboscidea indet. | 1 | |
| †Adcrocuta eximia | 1 | |
| Ceratotherium ? neumayri = †Miodiceros ? neumayri | 3 | |
| †Hippotherium brachypus | 6 | |
| skull, "some upper teeth", "mandibular fragments", and a metacarpal | ||
| Giraffidae indet. | 3 | |
| Palaeotragus or Samotherium | ||
| †Bohlinia attica | 1 | |
| †Tragoportax macedoniensis | 2 | |
| Tragoportax sp. | 1 | |
| Bovidae indet. | 1 | |
| Gazella sp. | 1 | |