<i>Hipparion phlegrae</i>, sp. nov. (Mammalia, Perissodactyla): a new species from the Turolian locality of Kryopigi (Kassandra, Chalkidiki, Greece)

ABSTRACTA new hipparion species, <i>Hipparion phlegrae</i>, sp. nov., is described on the basis of both morphological characters and metrical data as a member of <i>Hipparion</i> s.s. It is compared with <i>H. dietrichi</i>, <i>H. prostylum</i>, and similar forms of the Greco-Iranian province. The age of the Kryopigi fauna is discussed as Turolian on the basis of the hipparion assemblage, whereas the coexistence of a small <i>Cremohipparion</i> referred here as <i>C. matthewi/nikosi</i> indicates that <i>H. phlegrae</i>, sp. nov., is probably a derived species in respect to <i>H. prostylum</i>. The decreased size of the <i>H. phlegrae</i> and the short and wide muzzle are discussed for <i>Hipparion</i> s.s. during the Turolian period. Phylogenetic relationships of the new species and related taxa are reconstructed and also considered. SUPPLEMENTAL DATA—Supplemental materials are available for this article for free at www.tandfonline.com/UJVP