The fossil aardvark<i>Amphiorycteropus gaudryi</i>(Forsyth Major, 1888) from the late Miocene of Kerassia (Euboea, Greece)

Roussiakis, Socrates; Kargopoulos, Nikolaos; Kampouridis, Panagiotis; Svorligkou, Georgia; Θεοδώρου, Γεώργιος

doi:10.1080/08912963.2021.1931167

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“…The initial excavation was conducted in 1982 by H. de Bruijn and A. van der Meulen (University of Utrecht) in collaboration with C. Doukas (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens; NKUA). Starting in 1992, G. Theodorou (NKUA) started extensive excavations in the area, which led to the description of a very diverse fauna (Roussiakis and Theodorou 2003;Theodorou et al 2003;Giaourtsakis et al 2006;Athanassiou et al 2014;Kampouridis and Dimakopoulos 2018;Kampouridis et al 2019Kampouridis et al , 2020aRoussiakis et al 2021). Overall, seven fossiliferous sites have been uncovered, which can be correlated with two distinct stratigraphical horizons (Iliopoulos 2003;Kampouridis et al 2019).…”

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Ancylotherium pentelicum (Mammalia, Chalicotheriidae) from the late Miocene of Kerassia (Greece) and remarks on its intraspecific variability

Kampouridis

Roussiakis

Giaourtsakis

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Palaeobio Palaeoenv

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The first detailed description of Ancylotherium pentelicum (Gaudry and Lartet, 1856) from the late Miocene (Turolian) of Kerassia (Greece) is provided based on three metapodial elements. Potential intraspecific variability of this species in the Eastern Mediterranean has been previously discussed, but no decisive conclusions could be drawn. The present comparison of metapodial elements of A. pentelicum from Kerassia, Pikermi, Samos (Greece), Pinaryaka, Salihpaşalar (Turkey), Kiro Kuchuk (North Macedonia), and Hadjidimovo (Bulgaria) provides evidence for the existence of notable intraspecific variation in both the morphology and especially the size of the species. The morphological differences in the shape and occurrence of some metapodial articular facets are probably associated with the anticipated individual variability and not with sexual dimorphism. On the other hand, the notable metrical variability observed among metapodials of A. pentelicum may be indicative of sexual dimorphism, as has been previously documented in other chalicotheriids.

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Ancylotherium pentelicum (Mammalia, Chalicotheriidae) from the late Miocene of Kerassia (Greece) and remarks on its intraspecific variability

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“…In the northern part of the island of Evia, at the location Kerasia, the petrified forest of the area is found with huge, petrified trunks occupying a large part of the site and dating back to seven million years ago (Kampouridis et al, 2020;Figure 3. Geographical location of Milia-near Grevena, W. Macedonia in N. Greece (Tsoukala, 2000) Roussiakis et al, 2021). An important feature of the petrified forest are also traces of animals that nowadays are combined with jungle conditions.…”

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From Thermopiles to Marathon: Teaching the theory of evolution through a short tour to paleontology of Greece

Athanasiou

2023

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The present work is an attempt at a bibliographic overview in the field of paleontology and specifically in the field of fossils regarding their value and connection with history and mythology, and how it has been used to teach theory of evolution through natural selection (TENS) in a university course. To make our case, we use as our paradigm two well-known historical locations of Greece, namely Thermopiles and Marathon. The area of Marathon includes the location of Pikermi, which is very well known for its fossils that historically have been one of the first locations rich in fossils that have been studied so extensively. Before we make a short tour of other similar locations of the Greek peninsula that are good cases for teaching evolution using paleontology, we present an example of how fossils can be formed via sedimentation. For that, we are using the case of Thermopile, while in antiquity was chosen as the field of the famous battle as it was a very narrow strip of land between the mountain and the sea, nowadays, due to sedimentary alluvial deposits, has become a rather large field. To make the reader familiar with the fossils found around Greece and their topology, we present a short tour and some history about the fossils found throughout its territory. And finally, we argue about how the fossils and the museum education could be used to prepare the pupils for first contact with TENS.

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The fossil aardvarkAmphiorycteropus gaudryi(Forsyth Major, 1888) from the late Miocene of Kerassia (Euboea, Greece)

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Ancylotherium pentelicum (Mammalia, Chalicotheriidae) from the late Miocene of Kerassia (Greece) and remarks on its intraspecific variability

Ancylotherium pentelicum (Mammalia, Chalicotheriidae) from the late Miocene of Kerassia (Greece) and remarks on its intraspecific variability

From Thermopiles to Marathon: Teaching the theory of evolution through a short tour to paleontology of Greece

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