The hipparions (Mammalia, Perissodactyla) from the Turolian locality “Nikiti-2” (NIK), Macedonia, N. Greece

The late Miocene mammal faunas of the Republic of Macedonia (FYROM)

“…One metacarpal, one first phalanx and one astragalus can be referred to a fourth, small species. Their dimensions and proportions are close to C. macedonicum from Nikiti-2 and Perivolaki (VLACHOU & KOUFOS 2002, 2006.…”

“…The above described sample shows greatest similarity with the species Hipparion dietrichi (Text- fig. 6), well known from several Greek Turolian localities -RZO, Vathylakkos, NIK, PER, and Samos (WEHRLI 1941;SONDAAR 1971;KOUFOS 1987aKOUFOS , b, c, 1988aKOUFOS , 2006cVLACHOU & KOUFOS 2002, 2006KOUFOS & VLACHOU 2005) of Macedonia, and from 112 to 115 mm at STR2. Thus, these skull size differences are minute.…”

“…The horn-cores are inserted closer to each other than in T. rugosifrons. with Hipparion dietrichi from Nikiti-2, RZO, Vathylakkos 2 (KOUFOS 1987 c, 1988a;VLACHOU & KOUFOS 2002, 2006. One metacarpal, one first phalanx and one astragalus can be referred to a fourth, small species.…”

A New Method of Dental Microwear Analysis: Application to Extant Primates and Ouranopithecus macedoniensis (Late Miocene of Greece)

“…10. Vlachou and Koufos (2002) mentioned that the body mass of H. macedonicum decreases in relation to the time. In fact, the mean body mass of H. macedonicum decreases from Vallesian to the end of Turolian with the youngest H. cf.…”

Late Miocene Proboscidea (Mammalia) from Macedonia and Samos Island, Greece: preliminary results

“…cited). The NKT represents the oldest one, dated to the late Vallesian, MN 10 ( Kostopoulos and Koufos 1999;Koufos 2000; in press), whereas NIK, situated about 20 m above the latter, is dated to the early Turolian (Kostopoulos and Koufos 1999;Vlachou and Koufos 2002). The locality NIK provided a rich mammalian fauna, the overall study of which is in progress.…”