- Katharon
Georgios Anastasakis and Georgios Lyras, (National Kapodistrian University of Athens) report on work carried out at Katharo Plateau on the Dikti mountain to the east of Crete in July 2023 (ID 18571; 11675). Fossils of 10 dwarf hippopotamuses were found. These animals were endemic to Crete and their fossils date back to 200,000 - 300,000 years ago. The pygmy hippopotamus, or pygmy hippo, is a small member of the hippopotamid family. Fossils of other endemic animals have been found...
Sur ce plateau situé à l'Ouest de Kritsa, des recherches paléontologiques menées, en 1998 et 1999, par le Département de Géologie historique et de Paléontologie de l'Université d'Athènes (M. Dermitzakis, P. Pavlakis), ont mis au jour, au lieu-dit Anaskama, des ossements fossilisés d'hippopotames et d'éléphants nains. Εξπρές,...