Abstract
The hipparions from Vallesian Late Miocene localities of the Axios valley (Macedonia, Greece) are described and compared with those from Eurasia. In addition to the previously recognized species,H. primigenium andH. macedonicum, a third species has been determined mainly in the material from the locality of “Pentalophos 1”, PNT. It has primitive features and it is similar toH. depereti but with some differences and thus it is referred asH. aff.depereti. Some implications for the age of the Axios hipparions and their phylogenetieal relationships are discussed.
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Das neue Hipparion-Material wird beschrieben und mit eurasischen Faunen verglichen. Zusätzlich zu den bisher vorliegenden Arten,H. primigenium undH. macedonicum, konnte eine dritte Art bestimmt werden — hauptsächlich von der Lokalität „Pentalophos 1“, PNT. Diese hat primitive Merkmale und istH. depereti ähnlich. Sie zeigt jedoch einige Unterschiede, so daß sie alsH. aff.depereti beschrieben wird. Einige Schlußfolgerungen bezüglich des geologischen Alters und der phylogenetischen Beziehungen derHipparion-Formen vom Axios werden diskutiert.
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Koufos, G.D. New material of Vallesian Late Miocene hipparions (Mammalia, Perissodactyla) from the lower Axios valley, Macedonia, Greece. Senckenbergiana lethaea 80, 231–255 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03043670
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