Dating of the Lower Pleistocene Vertebrate Site of Tsiotra Vryssi (Mygdonia Basin, Greece): Biochronology, Magnetostratigraphy, and Cosmogenic Radionuclides
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Geological Setting and Fossiliferous Locality
3. Methodology
4. Results
4.1. Cosmogenic Radionuclides
4.2. Magnetic Properties
4.3. Magnetostratigraphy
4.4. Biochronology
5. Discussion
5.1. Age Estimation: Age Constraints
5.2. Placement of TSR within the Greek and European Context
6. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Order | Family | Genus | Species |
---|---|---|---|
Proboscidea | Elephantidae | Mammuthus | meridionalis |
Carnivora | Canidae | Canis | sp. |
Ursidae | Ursus | etruscus | |
Hyaenidae | Pachycrocuta | brevirostris | |
Felidae | Megantereon | sp. | |
Perissodactyla | Equidae | Equus | sp. (medium-sized) |
Equus | sp. (large-sized) | ||
Rhinocerotidae | Stephanorhinus | sp. | |
Artiodactyla | Giraffidae | Palaeotragus | sp. |
Cervidae | Cervus | sp. | |
Praemegaceros | sp. | ||
Bovidae | Pontoceros | sp. | |
Leptobos | sp. | ||
Bison | cf. degiulli |
Sample ID | Lab ID | Grain Size (μm) | Qtz Dissolved (g) | m(27Al) (ppm) | 26Al/27Al | 1σ Error (%) | 26Al Conc. 104 atoms/g(qtz) | m(9Be) (mg) | 10Be/9Be | 1σ Error (%) | 10Be Conc. 104 atoms/g(qtz) | 26Al/10Be | Simple Burial Age (Myr) |
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COSMO 1 | GL11 | 250–500 | 46.76 | 121 | 1.39 × 10−13 | 4.46 | 37.07 ± 1.91 | 0.3397 | 2.16 × 10−13 | 3.60 | 10.51 ± 0.42 | 3.53 ± 0.23 | 1.54 ± 0.10 |
COSMO 2 | GL7 | 250–500 | 76.52 | 81 | 1.80 × 10−13 | 5.23 | 32.48 ± 1.70 | 0.2868 | 4.10 × 10−13 | 3.34 | 10.23 ± 0.34 | 3.18 ± 0.20 | 1.75 ± 0.10 |
COSMO 3 | GL8 | 250–500 | 55.97 | 65 | 2.20 × 10−13 | 5.44 | 31.88 ± 1.74 | 0.2874 | 2.76 × 10−13 | 3.51 | 9.40 ± 0.33 | 3.39 ± 0.22 | 1.62 ± 0.10 |
Mean Directions In Situ | Palaeopole | ||||||
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N | k | α95 | Dec. | Inc. | Lat. | Long. | A95 |
23 | 9.0 | 10.7° | 176.8 °E | −40.5° | 72.4 °N | 213.2 °E | 7.8° |
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Konidaris, G.E.; Kostopoulos, D.S.; Maron, M.; Schaller, M.; Ehlers, T.A.; Aidona, E.; Marini, M.; Tourloukis, V.; Muttoni, G.; Koufos, G.D.; et al. Dating of the Lower Pleistocene Vertebrate Site of Tsiotra Vryssi (Mygdonia Basin, Greece): Biochronology, Magnetostratigraphy, and Cosmogenic Radionuclides. Quaternary 2021, 4, 1. https://doi.org/10.3390/quat4010001
Konidaris GE, Kostopoulos DS, Maron M, Schaller M, Ehlers TA, Aidona E, Marini M, Tourloukis V, Muttoni G, Koufos GD, et al. Dating of the Lower Pleistocene Vertebrate Site of Tsiotra Vryssi (Mygdonia Basin, Greece): Biochronology, Magnetostratigraphy, and Cosmogenic Radionuclides. Quaternary. 2021; 4(1):1. https://doi.org/10.3390/quat4010001
Chicago/Turabian StyleKonidaris, George E., Dimitris S. Kostopoulos, Matteo Maron, Mirjam Schaller, Todd A. Ehlers, Elina Aidona, Mattia Marini, Vangelis Tourloukis, Giovanni Muttoni, George D. Koufos, and et al. 2021. "Dating of the Lower Pleistocene Vertebrate Site of Tsiotra Vryssi (Mygdonia Basin, Greece): Biochronology, Magnetostratigraphy, and Cosmogenic Radionuclides" Quaternary 4, no. 1: 1. https://doi.org/10.3390/quat4010001