George D Koufos
Biographic Data
| ID | 82386 |
|---|---|
| NAME | George D Koufos |
| GIVEN NAMES | George D |
| FAMILY NAME | Koufos |
| SIGNATURE | KOUFOS G D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Aristotle University of Thessaloniki |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9669-4884 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 27 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 161 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 26 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1990 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
Dating of the Lower Pleistocene Vertebrate Site of Tsiotra Vryssi (Mygdonia Basin, Greece): Biochronology, Magnetostratigraphy, and Cosmogenic Radionuclides
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 migrations and faunal turnovers in western Eurasia. However, an accurate chronological framework for the Balkans and adjacent territories is still missing, preventing pan-European biogeographic correlations and schemes. In this article, we report the first detailed chronological scheme for the late…
Reconsidering the Equids from the Early Pleistocene Fauna of Apollonia 1 (Mygdonia Basin, Greece)
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, providing eight skulls, mandibular remains and plenty of postcranial material during several field campaigns. This study focuses mainly on the skulls, mandibular remains and metapodials from the old and new collection described in detail. The specimens are compared with equids from several Gr…
Magnetostratigraphy and Chronology of the Lower Pleistocene Primate Bearing Dafnero Fossil Site, N. Greece
This paper aims to contribute to the stratigraphic and geochronological evaluation of the primate bearing Dafnero fossil site of Northern Greece by means of lithostratigraphic, paleomagnetic and paleontological analyses. The 60 m thick fossiliferous deposits of fluviatile origin are recognized as representing a typical braided-river sequence unconformably overlying molassic sediments. Rock magnetic investigations indicate the presence of both med…
A new three‐dimensional geometric morphometrics analysis of the Ouranopithecus macedoniensis cranium (Late Miocene, Central Macedonia, Greece)
OBJECTIVES: This study aims to virtually reconstruct the deformed face (XIR-1) and maxilla (RPl-128) of the Late Miocene hominoid Ouranopithecus macedoniensis from Greece, through the application of mirror-imaging and segmentation. Additionally, analysis was conducted through 3D geometric morphometrics, utilizing a comparative sample of fossil hominoids, extant great apes (Gorilla, Pan, and Pongo) and humans, so as to explore shape variation and …
Revisiting Ursus etruscus (Carnivora, Mammalia) from the Early Pleistocene of Greece with description of new material
New Material and Revision of the Carnivora, Mammalia from the Lower Pleistocene Locality Apollonia 1, Greece
During the last field campaigns in the mammal fossiliferous site Apollonia 1 (Macedonia, Greece), new carnivoran material has been discovered. The new collection added two new carnivoran taxa, Homotherium latidens and Panthera gombaszögensis. The new canid material and the revision of the old one (a) suggest the presence of two Canis species, C. etruscus and C. apolloniensis; (b) confirm the presence of the hypercarnivore Lycaon lycaonoides, and …
A 2Ma old baboon-like monkey from Northern Greece and new evidence to support the Paradolichopithecus - Procynocephalus synonymy (Primates): Cercopithecidae
Upper incisor morphology of the Late Miocene hominoid Ouranopithecus macedoniensis from Axios Valley (Macedonia, Greece)
International audience
The Plio-Pleistocene Large Mammal Record of Greece: Implications for Early Human Dispersals into Europe
Potential Hominoid Ancestors for Hominidae
First discovery of postcranial bones of Ouranopithecus macedoniensis (Primates, Hominoidea) from the late Miocene of Macedonia (Greece)
Potential Hominoid Ancestors for Hominidae
Stable isotope ecology of Miocene bovids from northern Greece and the ape/monkey turnover in the Balkans
Three-dimensional analysis of mandibular dental root morphology in hominoids
A functional multivariate analysis of Mesopithecus (Primates): (Colobinae) humeri from the Turolian of Greece
Locomotor evolution of Mesopithecus (Primates: (Colobinae) from Greece: evidence from selected astragalar characters
Hominoid Evolution and Climatic Change in Europe: Volume 2
Potential Hominoid Ancestors for Hominidae
An examination of dental development in Graecopithecus freybergi (=Ouranopithecus macedoniensis)
The deciduous lower dentition of Ouranopithecus macedoniensis (Primates, Hominoidea) from the late Miocene deposits of Macedonia, Greece
Hominoid Evolution and Climatic Change in Europe: Phylogeny of the Neogene Hominoid Primates of Eurasia
What is the place of Europe in the origin of humankind? Whilst our earliest human ancestors may have come out of Africa, many of our more recent ancestors, and those of other primates, left their fossil remains in Europe and the Near East. Hominoid primates including Dryopithecus in Spain and Hungary, Oreopithecus in Italy and Ouranopithecus in Greece flourished in the Miocene, between about 10-7 million years ago. This volume examines these and …
The first female maxilla of the hominoid Ouranopithecus macedoniensis from the late Miocene of Macedonia, Greece
Our ancestors' ancestor: Ouranopithecus is a greek link in human ancestry
Recent discoveries of the late Miocene hominoid Ouranopithecus shed new light on the evolution of hominids. These discoveries result from the strategy of the Allied armies during the First World War. In the midst of “the war to end all wars,” the North African soldiers of Camille Arambourg excavated the first mammalian fossils found in northern Greece, in the region of Macedonia, the country of Alexander the Great. On the tracks of these strange …
Mandible of Ouranopithecus macedoniensis (Hominidae, primates) from a new late Miocene locality of Macedonia (Greece)
In 1990, a new late Miocene locality named “Nikiti 1” or NKT, was discovered near the village of Nikiti (Chalkidiki, Macedonia, Greece) about 100 km east of Thessaloniki City. The locality is situated in the Nikiti Formation, which consists of yellowish sands, gravels and pebbles and has been dated to late Vallesian–early Turolian. Among the initially collected fossils there is a mandible of a hominoid primate, which is described, compared, and a…
The face and the mandible of Ouranopithecus macedoniensis: Description of New Specimens and Comparisons
An examination of dental development in Graecopithecus freybergi (=Ouranopithecus macedoniensis)
The face and the mandible of Ouranopithecus macedoniensis: Description of New Specimens and Comparisons
New Material and Revision of the Carnivora, Mammalia from the Lower Pleistocene Locality Apollonia 1, Greece
During the last field campaigns in the mammal fossiliferous site Apollonia 1 (Macedonia, Greece), new carnivoran material has been discovered. The new collection added two new carnivoran taxa, Homotherium latidens and Panthera gombaszögensis. The new canid material and the revision of the old one (a) suggest the presence of two Canis species, C. etruscus and C. apolloniensis; (b) confirm the presence of the hypercarnivore Lycaon lycaonoides, and …
Mandible of Ouranopithecus macedoniensis (Hominidae, primates) from a new late Miocene locality of Macedonia (Greece)
In 1990, a new late Miocene locality named “Nikiti 1” or NKT, was discovered near the village of Nikiti (Chalkidiki, Macedonia, Greece) about 100 km east of Thessaloniki City. The locality is situated in the Nikiti Formation, which consists of yellowish sands, gravels and pebbles and has been dated to late Vallesian–early Turolian. Among the initially collected fossils there is a mandible of a hominoid primate, which is described, compared, and a…
The first female maxilla of the hominoid Ouranopithecus macedoniensis from the late Miocene of Macedonia, Greece
Three-dimensional analysis of mandibular dental root morphology in hominoids
A functional multivariate analysis of Mesopithecus (Primates): (Colobinae) humeri from the Turolian of Greece
Dating of the Lower Pleistocene Vertebrate Site of Tsiotra Vryssi (Mygdonia Basin, Greece): Biochronology, Magnetostratigraphy, and Cosmogenic Radionuclides
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 migrations and faunal turnovers in western Eurasia. However, an accurate chronological framework for the Balkans and adjacent territories is still missing, preventing pan-European biogeographic correlations and schemes. In this article, we report the first detailed chronological scheme for the late…
Reconsidering the Equids from the Early Pleistocene Fauna of Apollonia 1 (Mygdonia Basin, Greece)
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, providing eight skulls, mandibular remains and plenty of postcranial material during several field campaigns. This study focuses mainly on the skulls, mandibular remains and metapodials from the old and new collection described in detail. The specimens are compared with equids from several Gr…
A 2Ma old baboon-like monkey from Northern Greece and new evidence to support the Paradolichopithecus - Procynocephalus synonymy (Primates): Cercopithecidae
The deciduous lower dentition of Ouranopithecus macedoniensis (Primates, Hominoidea) from the late Miocene deposits of Macedonia, Greece
A pliocene primate from Macedonia (Greece)
Stable isotope ecology of Miocene bovids from northern Greece and the ape/monkey turnover in the Balkans
A new three‐dimensional geometric morphometrics analysis of the Ouranopithecus macedoniensis cranium (Late Miocene, Central Macedonia, Greece)
OBJECTIVES: This study aims to virtually reconstruct the deformed face (XIR-1) and maxilla (RPl-128) of the Late Miocene hominoid Ouranopithecus macedoniensis from Greece, through the application of mirror-imaging and segmentation. Additionally, analysis was conducted through 3D geometric morphometrics, utilizing a comparative sample of fossil hominoids, extant great apes (Gorilla, Pan, and Pongo) and humans, so as to explore shape variation and …
First discovery of postcranial bones of Ouranopithecus macedoniensis (Primates, Hominoidea) from the late Miocene of Macedonia (Greece)
Upper incisor morphology of the Late Miocene hominoid Ouranopithecus macedoniensis from Axios Valley (Macedonia, Greece)
International audience
The Hipparions of the Lower Axios Valley (Macedonia, Greece). Implications for the Neogene Stratigraphy and the Evolution of Hipparions
A pliocene primate from Macedonia (Greece)
Mandible of Ouranopithecus macedoniensis (Hominidae, primates) from a new late Miocene locality of Macedonia (Greece)
In 1990, a new late Miocene locality named “Nikiti 1” or NKT, was discovered near the village of Nikiti (Chalkidiki, Macedonia, Greece) about 100 km east of Thessaloniki City. The locality is situated in the Nikiti Formation, which consists of yellowish sands, gravels and pebbles and has been dated to late Vallesian–early Turolian. Among the initially collected fossils there is a mandible of a hominoid primate, which is described, compared, and a…
The face and the mandible of Ouranopithecus macedoniensis: Description of New Specimens and Comparisons
Our ancestors' ancestor: Ouranopithecus is a greek link in human ancestry
Recent discoveries of the late Miocene hominoid Ouranopithecus shed new light on the evolution of hominids. These discoveries result from the strategy of the Allied armies during the First World War. In the midst of “the war to end all wars,” the North African soldiers of Camille Arambourg excavated the first mammalian fossils found in northern Greece, in the region of Macedonia, the country of Alexander the Great. On the tracks of these strange …
The first female maxilla of the hominoid Ouranopithecus macedoniensis from the late Miocene of Macedonia, Greece
Hominoid Evolution and Climatic Change in Europe: Phylogeny of the Neogene Hominoid Primates of Eurasia
What is the place of Europe in the origin of humankind? Whilst our earliest human ancestors may have come out of Africa, many of our more recent ancestors, and those of other primates, left their fossil remains in Europe and the Near East. Hominoid primates including Dryopithecus in Spain and Hungary, Oreopithecus in Italy and Ouranopithecus in Greece flourished in the Miocene, between about 10-7 million years ago. This volume examines these and …
An examination of dental development in Graecopithecus freybergi (=Ouranopithecus macedoniensis)
The deciduous lower dentition of Ouranopithecus macedoniensis (Primates, Hominoidea) from the late Miocene deposits of Macedonia, Greece
Potential Hominoid Ancestors for Hominidae
Locomotor evolution of Mesopithecus (Primates: (Colobinae) from Greece: evidence from selected astragalar characters
Hominoid Evolution and Climatic Change in Europe: Volume 2
Three-dimensional analysis of mandibular dental root morphology in hominoids
A functional multivariate analysis of Mesopithecus (Primates): (Colobinae) humeri from the Turolian of Greece
Potential Hominoid Ancestors for Hominidae
Stable isotope ecology of Miocene bovids from northern Greece and the ape/monkey turnover in the Balkans
First discovery of postcranial bones of Ouranopithecus macedoniensis (Primates, Hominoidea) from the late Miocene of Macedonia (Greece)
Potential Hominoid Ancestors for Hominidae
The Plio-Pleistocene Large Mammal Record of Greece: Implications for Early Human Dispersals into Europe
Upper incisor morphology of the Late Miocene hominoid Ouranopithecus macedoniensis from Axios Valley (Macedonia, Greece)
International audience
Revisiting Ursus etruscus (Carnivora, Mammalia) from the Early Pleistocene of Greece with description of new material
New Material and Revision of the Carnivora, Mammalia from the Lower Pleistocene Locality Apollonia 1, Greece
During the last field campaigns in the mammal fossiliferous site Apollonia 1 (Macedonia, Greece), new carnivoran material has been discovered. The new collection added two new carnivoran taxa, Homotherium latidens and Panthera gombaszögensis. The new canid material and the revision of the old one (a) suggest the presence of two Canis species, C. etruscus and C. apolloniensis; (b) confirm the presence of the hypercarnivore Lycaon lycaonoides, and …
A 2Ma old baboon-like monkey from Northern Greece and new evidence to support the Paradolichopithecus - Procynocephalus synonymy (Primates): Cercopithecidae
A new three‐dimensional geometric morphometrics analysis of the Ouranopithecus macedoniensis cranium (Late Miocene, Central Macedonia, Greece)
OBJECTIVES: This study aims to virtually reconstruct the deformed face (XIR-1) and maxilla (RPl-128) of the Late Miocene hominoid Ouranopithecus macedoniensis from Greece, through the application of mirror-imaging and segmentation. Additionally, analysis was conducted through 3D geometric morphometrics, utilizing a comparative sample of fossil hominoids, extant great apes (Gorilla, Pan, and Pongo) and humans, so as to explore shape variation and …
Magnetostratigraphy and Chronology of the Lower Pleistocene Primate Bearing Dafnero Fossil Site, N. Greece
This paper aims to contribute to the stratigraphic and geochronological evaluation of the primate bearing Dafnero fossil site of Northern Greece by means of lithostratigraphic, paleomagnetic and paleontological analyses. The 60 m thick fossiliferous deposits of fluviatile origin are recognized as representing a typical braided-river sequence unconformably overlying molassic sediments. Rock magnetic investigations indicate the presence of both med…
Biology (22 works) · Evolution and Paleontology Studies (21 works) · Paleontology (19 works) · Paleontology (16 works) · Primate Behavior and Ecology (15 works) · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (14 works) · Geography (12 works) · Geology (12 works) · Zoology (12 works) · Evolutionary biology (11 works)