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Die Fundstätte Gerakarou wurde 1978 in Mazedonien entdeckt. Das dort gesammelte Material enthielt den dieser Abhandlung zugrunde liegenden Suiden-Schädel, der sich nach seiner Form und seinen Dimensionen alsSus strozzii Forsyth Major bestimmen läßt. Er scheint mit den Suiden der Fundorte Olivola und oberes Valdarno übereinzustimmen, sich dagegen vonSus minor, dem anderen Suiden des Villafranchium, zu unterscheiden. Die Fundschicht unseres Schädels gehört dem oberen Villafranchium an. Da aus Griechenland bisher nur isolierte Einzelfunde vonSus cf.strozzii bekannt waren, erweitert der nun gesicherte Nachweis der Art die Kenntnis ihrer geographischen Verbreitung in Südeuropa.
Abstract
The locality of Gerakarou is a new Pleistocene one in Macedonia (Greece) found in 1978. Between the material recovered there is a suid skull, which is studied in this article. Its morphological characters and dimensions allow us to determine this asSus strozzii Forsyth Major. It seems to be similar to the Upper Valdarno and Olivola suids and different from the other Villafranchian suid,Sus minor. Thus it is dated to Late Villafranchian (Villanyian). The certain presence of the species in Greece, where it was known only from some isolated specimens referred asSus cf.strozzii, completes the knowledge of the geographic distribution of the species in Southern Europe.
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Koufos, G.D. The presence ofsus strozzii in the villafranchian (villanyian) of macedonia (greece). Paläontol. Z. 60, 341–351 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02985678
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