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Aivaliki, a New Locality with Fossil Rhinoceroses Near Alistrati (Serres, Greece) By Beitr. Paläont., 30:437–451, Wien 2006 Aivaliki, a New Locality with Fossil Rhinoceroses near Alistrati (Serres, Greece) by Nikolaos K. SYMEONIDIS1), Ioannis X. GIAOURTSAKIS2), Robert SEEMANN3) & Vassileios I. GIANNOPOULOS4) SYMEONIDIS, N.K., GIAOURTSAKIS, I.X., SEEMAnn, R. & GIAnnOPOULOS, V.I., 2006. Aivaliki, a new locality with fossil rhinoceroses near Alistrati (Serres, Greece). — Beitr. Paläont., 30:437–451, Wien. Abstract Zusammenfassung Aivaliki, a new fossiliferous locality near Serres (Greece), Aivaliki, eine neue Fossilfundstelle in der Nähe von Serres has yielded an adult and a juvenile mandible of a rhi- (Griechenland), hat einige Nashornreste erbracht, die einen noceros. The most striking feature of the material from erwachsenen und einen juvenilen Unterkiefer darstellen. Aivaliki, assigned to Stephanorhinus cf. etruscus, is the Das auffallendste Merkmal des Materials von Aivaliki, small size of the dentition with relative brachydont and das als Stephanorhinus cf. etruscus bestimmt wird, ist unspecialized teeth, especially the molars. The occur- die kleinere Größe des Gebisses mit relativ brachydonten rence of small sized transitional rhino populations of the und unspezialisierten Zähnen, besonders die Molaren. etruscus-group appears to be a characteristic element Das Auftreten von kleinen Übergangspopulationen der of some Early Pleistocene faunas across Europe associ- etruscus- Nashorngruppe scheint ein kennzeichnendes ated probably with the changing climatic conditions. The Element mehrere Alt-Pleistozänen Faunen in Europa zu known Plio-Pleistocene record of fossil rhinoceroses in sein, das vermutlich mit den verändernden klimatischen Greece is briefly reviewed. Verhältnissen verbunden ist. Die bekannten Plio-Pleistozä- nen Fundstellen mit fossilen Nashörnern in Griechenland Keywords: Stephanorhinus cf. etruscus, Early Pleis- werden kurz zusammengefaßt. tocene, Aivaliki, Greece 1. Introduction During 25-30 August 2003, a multidisciplinary research project was carried out in the area of Alistrati, Serres Pre- 1) Prof. Dr. Nikolaos K. SYMEONIDIS, National and Kapo- fecture (N. Greece), by Prof. N. Symeonidis (University distrian University of Athens, Faculty of Geology and of Athens), Dr. R. Seemann (Naturhistorisches Museum Geoenvironment, Department of Historical Geology and Wien), Dr. V. Giannopoulos (Hellenic Ministry of Culture), Palaeontology, Panepistimiopolis, GR-15784 Athens, S. Giannopoulou (Hellenic Ministry of Culture) and N. Greece, e-mail: [email protected] Diafas (Supervisor of Aggitis Cave, Prosotsani). Objec- tives of the project were the continuity of the excavations 2) Corresponding Author: Dipl.-Geol. Ioannis X. GIA- in the recently discovered “Orpheus Cave”, as well as the OURTSAKIS, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, exploration of new caves in the area. The results of the Department für Geo- und Umweltwissenschaften, Be- multidisciplinary research at Orpheus Cave (archaeology, reich Paläontologie, Richard-Wagner-Str. 10, D-80333 geology, palaeontology) are currently under study by S. München, Germany, e-mail: [email protected] Giannopoulou-Konteli (Thesis in preparation). During muenchen.de the course of these investigations, Mr. Elias Kotsenoglou, a resident of the village of Nea Mpafra, informed the 3) Dr. Robert SEEMAnn, Naturhistorisches Museum Wien, research team that he has discovered bones of a large Mineralogisch-Petrographische Abteilung, Burgring 7, animal in a nearby locality known to locals as Aivaliki. A-1010 Wien, Austria, e-mail: robert.seemann@nhm- The locality of Aivaliki is situated 1 km away from the wien.ac.at village of Nea Mpafra (Fig. 1, 2) and 6 km SE from Alis- trati Cave. It is also located very near to the Canyon of the 4) Dr. Vassileios I. GIAnnOPOULOS, Ephorate of Paleoanthro- Aggitis River. A preliminary excavation was organized at pology - Speleology, Ministry of Culture, Arditou 34B, the locality by the research team, which yielded several GR-11636 Athens, Greece. specimens of fossil rhinoceroses described in this paper. 438 Beitr. Paläont., 30, Wien, 2006 Figure 1: Geological map of the fossiliferous locality Aivaliki (modified after KRONBERG & SCHENCK, 1974). Legend: A: Pre-Ne- ogene Basement: Massive or poorly bedded white marbles alternated with bands or lenses of thin well bedded grey marbles, B: Plio-Pleistocene lacustrine and continental deposits: marls, conglomerates, silts, sands and gravels, C: Pleistocene scree slope with or without clay. Terrestrial terrace: reddish sandy clay intermixed with rounded and angular marble pebbles, D: Pleistocene-Holo- cene continental deposits: blocks and unconsolidated conglomerates combined with fine-grained sands and reddish clay silicates. Alluvial fans with erosion material of marbles, gneiss, and granite locally brecciated. The studied material is interesting, as our knowledge about Width measurements include, however, the anterior (WA) the Pleistocene rhinoceroses of Greece remains quite lim- as well as the posterior (WP) maximal width of each ited. In the future, an intensive excavation research project tooth, following FORTELIUS et al. (1993). Measurements is scheduled for discovery of additional fossil material and ranging 0-150 mm were taken with a digital calliper to new localities in the area. 0.01 mm and rounded to the nearest 0.1 mm. For larger measurements a linear calliper with a precision of 0.1 mm was applied. All measurements are given in millimetres 2. Material and Methods (mm). Comparative studies with fossil and extant species were conducted at the collections of the Natural History The material from the locality of Aivaliki, near Alistrati, Museum of Vienna (NHMW), the Natural History Mu- is stored in the collections of the Museum of Palaeontol- seum of Paris (MNHN), the Bayerische Staatssammlung ogy and Geology of the National and Kapodistrian Uni- für Paläontologie und Historische Geologie München versity of Athens (AMPG). It comprises three specimens (BSPG) and the Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde of a fragmentary adult mandible (AMPG: AVL-1, 2, 3) Karlsruhe (SMNK). The sedimentological analysis was that probably belong to the same individual and the right carried out at the laboratories of the Department of Min- side of a juvenile mandible (AMPG: AVL-4). Dental erology and Petrology of the Natural History Museum measurements and terminology follow PETER (2002). of Vienna. SYMEONIDIS, N.K. et al., Aivaliki, a New Locality with Rhinoceroses … 439 Figure 2: Distribution of the family Rhinocerotidae in Greece during the Pliocene and the Pleistocene. 3. Geological setting bones is a rather inhomogeneous and poorly sorted deposit. At a first glance it looks like a compact and uniform fine- The pre-Neogene basement of the area belongs to the grained matrix. In fact, it is a heterogeneous mixture of geotectonic Zone of the Rhodope Massif. The Rhodope minor amounts of completely unsorted mm-sized grains Massif is characterized by extensive outcrops of high- (sub-rounded to angular quartz and local rock fragments) grade Paleozoic and Mesozoic metamorphic rocks (mainly set in a matrix of fine silt and clay. The colour is greenish marbles, amphibolites, gneisses and mica schists), which grey to yellowish, depending on the stage of oxidation. are intruded by Tertiary Alpine granitoids (KRONBERG et The general mineral composition of the dominating fine- al., 1970; DINTER, 1994; KILIAS & MOUNTRAKIS, 1998). The grained part of the sediment is characterized by: metamorphic basement is covered by Neogene and Qua- Calcite (CaCO3): about 50-60% ternary sediments and alluvium deposits (Fig. 1), which Chlorite (clinochlore) ([Mg,Fe,Al]3 [(OH)2/AlSi3O10]. have been accumulated in the basin of Drama to the east Mg3(OH)6): about 20-30% and in the basin of Serres to the west of Alistrati. Quartz (SiO2) and Biotite (mainly chloritized): about 1-5% The sediment directly adherent to the surface of the fossil Mineral composition and chemistry classify the sediment 440 Beitr. Paläont., 30, Wien, 2006 as carbonate rich silty clay (marl). Remarkable are small dibular corpus bearing the three molars m1-m3 (Pl. 1: fig. brownish to black dendriditic formations (Fe-and Mn- 1). The third specimen, AMPG:AVL-3, consists only of oxihydrates), typical for weak diagenetic processes. The the right p3 with parts of its roots. The description of the enrichment zones are close to the surface of the embedded dentition is primarily based on the complete left tooth row fossil bones. In addition, small nodular phosphate concre- of AMPG:AVL-1. tions (dahllite: carbonate-hydroxyapatite) were formed by The second lower premolar has a reduced trigonid as is secondary processes nearby or even on the bone fragments. common in advanced rhinocerotids. The paralophid is The fine grained sediment is typical for a shallow-water straight and single. A shallow anterior groove is developed deposit or flood plain deposit. The much less abundant on the labial wall of the trigonid, constricting slightly coarse grained part of the matrix sediment consists mainly the paralophid posteriorly. The median labial groove of debris of quartz (vein quartz), feldspar, mica flakes, in (ectoflexid) is deep and acute. A prominent continuous part oxidized ore (hematite, pyrite, magnetite), and of frag- labial cingulum is developed on the base of the labial wall. ments of local rocks (quartzite, gneiss and mica schists). There is no lingual cingulum. In lingual view, the trigonid Given the shape and low degree of roundness (sphericity) valley is
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