First report of Brachypotherium Roger, 1904 (Rhinocerotidae, Mammalia) in the Middle Miocene of Greece

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Dimitris S. Kostopoulos¹  George D. Koufos¹ 

关键词: Middle Miocene;    Greece;    Brachypotherium;    description;    biostratigraphy;    biogeography;    Miocène moyen;    Grèce;    Brachypotherium;    description;    biostratigraphie;    biogéographie;   

DOI  :  10.5252/g2013n3a6

学科分类：生物科学（综合）

来源: Museum National d Histoire Naturelle

【 摘 要 】

ThepresentarticleisdealingwithsomerhinocerotidteethfromtheMiddleMiocenemammallocalityChryssavgi(CHR),whichissituatedintheMygdoniaBasin(Macedonia,Greece).ThematerialwasincorrectlydescribedearlierasDicerospachygnathus(Psarianos,1958)orDicerorhinusorientalis(Dimopoulos,1972)andconsideredasLateMiocenetoEarlyPlioceneinage.ThemorphologicalcharactersoftheCHRrhinocerotidanditscomparisonwiththeEurasianonesindicatethatitbelongstoBrachypotheriumbrachypus(Lartet,1851).Thecorrelationofthestudiedmaterialtothelocalstratigraphy,aswellastothemicromammalianfauna,foundinCHR,suggestsaLateAstaracianage,MN7+8.ThepresenceofthetaxoninCHRcorrespondstofirstoccurrenceofBrachypotheriumRoger,1904inGreecefromwherewaspreviouslyunknown.ThegeographicandbiostratigraphicoccurrenceofB.brachypusintheEasternMediterraneanregionisalsodiscussed.ThespeciesisquitecommoninTurkeybutrareintheBalkans,knownfromthelocalitiesofAhmatovo,BulgariaandChryssavgi,Greece.ItmainlyoccursintheLateOrleaniantoAstaracianofEasternMediterraneanbutthereisanevidenceforitsTurolianpresenceinAhmatovo,Bulgaria.

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