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The hipparions of 'Arambourg collection' from Axios Valley (Macedonia, Greece): systematic revision and correlation of the old with the new localities by Koufos, George D.

“…'Arambourg collection' is a collection of mainly mammal fossils from Axios Valley (Macedonia, Greece) made by the French geologist C. Arambourg during 1915-16…”
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New tragulid remains from the early/middle Miocene and a revision of their occurrence in Greece by Koufos, George D.

“…Tragulidae are very rare in the Miocene fossil record of Greece and their known material is quite scarce. Some new remains of them, found in the early/middle…”
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Revising the Villafranchian carnivoran fauna from Libakos (Macedonia, Greece) with some implications for its age by Koufos, George D., Tamvakis, Aggelos

“…The mammal fauna from Libakos was collected by H. Eltgen (Technical University of Clausthal, Germany) during the end of the 1960s and studied by K. Steensma…”
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Bone histology provides insights into the life history mechanisms underlying dwarfing in hipparionins by Orlandi-Oliveras, Guillem, Nacarino-Meneses, Carmen, Koufos, George D., Köhler, Meike

“…Size shifts may be a by-product of alterations in life history traits driven by natural selection. Although this approach has been proposed for islands, it has…”
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The earliest known crown-Testudo tortoise from the late Miocene (Vallesian, 9 Ma) of Greece by Garcia, Géraldine, Pinton, Aurélie, Valentin, Xavier, Kostopoulos, Dimitris S, Merceron, Gildas, de Bonis, Louis, Koufos, George D

“…We here report on fossil remains of the earliest known crown-Testudo, an extant clade of Mediterranean testudinid tortoises from the late Miocene (Vallesian,…”
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Late Miocene rhinocerotids from the Balkan-Iranian province: ecological insights from dental microwear textures and enamel hypoplasia by Hullot, Manon, Antoine, Pierre-Olivier, Spassov, Nikolai, Koufos, George D., Merceron, Gildas

“…The late Miocene is a period of increasing aridity and habitat openness in the south-eastern Mediterranean region. The impact of these changes has not been…”
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A 2Ma old baboon-like monkey from Northern Greece and new evidence to support the Paradolichopithecus – Procynocephalus synonymy (Primates: Cercopithecidae) by Kostopoulos, Dimitris S., Guy, Franck, Kynigopoulou, Zoi, Koufos, George D., Valentin, Xavier, Merceron, Gildas

“…A new fossil cranium of a large papionin monkey from the Lower Pleistocene site of Dafnero-3 in Western Macedonia, Greece, is described by means of outer and…”
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A new three‐dimensional geometric morphometrics analysis of the Ouranopithecus macedoniensis cranium (Late Miocene, Central Macedonia, Greece) by Ioannidou, Melania, Koufos, George D., Bonis, Louis, Harvati, Katerina

“…Objectives This study aims to virtually reconstruct the deformed face (XIR‐1) and maxilla (RPl‐128) of the Late Miocene hominoid Ouranopithecus macedoniensis…”
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The Villafranchian carnivoran guild of Greece: implications for the fauna, biochronology and paleoecology by KOUFOS, George D.

“…Knowledge on the Villafranchian faunas of Greece was limited for a long time, but over the past 3 decades several new fossiliferous sites have been discovered…”
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Revision of Varanus marathonensis (Squamata, Varanidae) based on historical and new material: morphology, systematics, and paleobiogeography of the European monitor lizards by Villa, Andrea, Abella, Juan, Alba, David M, Almécija, Sergio, Bolet, Arnau, Koufos, George D, Knoll, Fabien, Luján, Àngel H, Morales, Jorge, Robles, Josep M, Sánchez, Israel M, Delfino, Massimo

“…Monitor lizards (genus Varanus) inhabited Europe at least from the early Miocene to the Pleistocene. Their fossil record is limited to about 40 localities that…”
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New carnivoran remains from the Late Miocene of Turkey by Koufos, George D., Mayda, Serdar, Kaya, Tanju

“…A great number of carnivoran remains from various late Miocene localities of Turkey, housed in the Natural History Museum of Aegean University, Bornova-Izmir,…”
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Hipparion macedonicum Revisited: New Data on Evolution of Hipparionine Horses from the Late Miocene of Greece by Koufos, George D.

“…The new expeditions to the Axios Valley (Macedonia, Greece) provided a new set of fossils from the various localities. Among the material collected from the…”
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Lizards and snakes from the late Miocene hominoid locality of Ravin de la Pluie (Axios Valley, Greece) by Georgalis, Georgios L., Rage, Jean-Claude, de Bonis, Louis, Koufos, George D.

“…We here describe lizards and snakes from the late Miocene (MN 10) of Ravin de la Pluie, near Thessaloniki, Greece, a locality widely known for its hominoid…”
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Publisher Correction: Bone histology provides insights into the life history mechanisms underlying dwarfing in hipparionins by Orlandi-Oliveras, Guillem, Nacarino-Meneses, Carmen, Koufos, George D., Köhler, Meike

“…A correction to this article has been published and is linked from the HTML and PDF versions of this paper. The error has been fixed in the paper…”
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Reconsidering the Equids from the Early Pleistocene Fauna of Apollonia 1 (Mygdonia Basin, Greece) by Gkeme, Anastasia G., Koufos, George D., Kostopoulos, Dimitris S.

“…The remains of equids are abundant in the Early Pleistocene faunas of Greece. “Apollonia-1” is one of the richest localities from the latest Villafranchian,…”
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3D geometric morphometrics analysis of mandibular fragments of Ouranopithecus macedoniensis from the late Miocene deposits of Central Macedonia, Greece by Ioannidou, Melania, Koufos, George D., Bonis, Louis, Harvati, Katerina

“…Objectives To explore mandibular shape differences between Ouranopithecus macedoniensis and a comparative sample of extant great apes using three‐dimensional…”
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First discovery of postcranial bones of Ouranopithecus macedoniensis (Primates, Hominoidea) from the late Miocene of Macedonia (Greece) by de Bonis, Louis, Koufos, George D.

“…Two well preserved phalanges, one proximal and one intermediate, are identified and described. They constitute the first postcrania ever described of…”
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Dating of the Lower Pleistocene Vertebrate Site of Tsiotra Vryssi (Mygdonia Basin, Greece): Biochronology, Magnetostratigraphy, and Cosmogenic Radionuclides by Konidaris, George, Kostopoulos, Dimitris, Maron, Matteo, Schaller, Mirjam, Ehlers, Todd, Aidona, Elina, Marini, Mattia, Tourloukis, Vangelis, Muttoni, Giovanni, Koufos, George, Harvati, Katerina

“…Background and scope: The late Villafranchian large mammal age (~2.0–1.2 Ma) of the Early Pleistocene is a crucial interval of time for mammal/hominin…”
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Late Miocene proboscideans from Samos Island (Greece) revisited: new specimens from old collections by Konidaris, George E., Koufos, George D.

“…In this article, we present new proboscidean remains from the late Miocene (Turolian) of Samos Island (Greece), which are stored in the old Samos collections…”
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Magnetostratigraphy and Chronology of the Lower Pleistocene Primate Bearing Dafnero Fossil Site, N. Greece by Benammi, Mouloud, Aidona, Elina, Merceron, Gildas, Koufos, George D., Kostopoulos, Dimitris S.

“…This paper aims to contribute to the stratigraphic and geochronological evaluation of the primate bearing Dafnero fossil site of Northern Greece by means of…”
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