National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Faculty of Geology and Geoenvironment
Department of Historical Geology and Palaeontology

Dr Socrates Roussiakis

 

Assistant Professor of Vertebrate Palaeontology

 

 

 

 

 

 

Curriculum Vitae

 

 

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Publications in Scientific Journals

 

Bohme M., Spassov N., Ebner M., Geraads D., Hristova L., Kirscher U., Kotter S., Linnemann U., Roussiakis S., Theodorou G., Uhlig G., Winklhofer M. (2017) – Messinian age and savannah environment of the possible hominin Graecopithecus from Europe. PLoS ONE, 12(5): e0177347.

Georgalis G., Villa A., Ivanov M., Roussiakis S., Skandalos P., Delfino M. (2017) – Early Miocene herpetofaunas from the Greek localities of Aliveri and Karydia - bridging a gap in the knowledge of amphibians and reptiles from the early Neogene of southeastern Europe. Historical Biology, DOI: 10.1080/08912963.2017.1417404, 1-20.

Konidaris G., Roussiakis S., Athanassiou A., Theodorou G. (2017)  – The huge-sized deinothere Deinotherium proavum (Proboscidea, Mammalia) from the Late Miocene localities Pikermi and Halmyropotamos (Greece). Quaternary International, 430: 5-21.

Lazaridis G., Kostopoulos D., Lyras G., Roussiakis S. (2017) – A new Late Miocene ovibovine-like bovid (Bovidae, Mammalia) from the Kassandra Peninsula (Chalkidiki, Northern Greece) and implications for the phylogeography of the group. Palaeontologische Zeitschrift, DOI: 10.1007/s12542-017-0360-x.

Athanassiou A., Herridge V., Reese D., Iliopooulos G., Roussiakis S., Mitsopoulou V., Tsiolakis E., Theodorou G. (2015) – Cranial evidence for the presence of a second endemic elephant species in Cyprus. Quaternary International, 379: 47-57

Mitsopoulou V., Michailidis D., Theodorou E., Isidorou S., Roussiakis S., Vasilopoulos T., Polydoras S., Kaisarlis G., Spitas V., Stathopoulou E., Provatidis C., Theodorou G. (2015) – Digitizing, modelling and 3D printing of skeletal digital models of Palaeoloxodon tiliensis (Tilos, Dodecanese,  Greece). Quaternary International, 379: 4-13

Konidaris G., Roussiakis S., Theodorou G., Koufos G. (2014) The Eurasian occurrence of the shovel-tusker Konobelodon (Mammalia, Proboscidea) as illuminated by its presence in the late Miocene of Pikermi (Greece). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 34(6): 1437-1453.

Athanassiou A., Roussiakis S.J., Giaourtsakis I.X., Theodorou G.E. & Iliopoulos G. (2014) A new hornless rhinoceros of the genus Acerorhinus (Perissodactyla: Rhinocerotidae) from the Upper Miocene of Kerassiá (Euboea, Greece), with a revision of related forms. Palaeontographica, 303: 23-59.

Iliopoulos G., Roussiakis S. & Fassoulas C. (2012) First occurrence of carnivore footprint with hyaenid affinities from the Late Miocene of Crete (Greece). Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments, 92(1), DOI 10.1007/s12549-012-0073-9. (PDF)

Mueller-Töwe I., Kjeldahl-Vallon T.A., Milàn J., Vallon L.H., Theodorou G., Lindgren J., Roussiakis S.J. & Bromley R.G. (2011) ­– First chelonian eggs and carapace fragments from the Pliocene of Rhodes, Greece. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie Abhandlungen, 262(3): 309-322. (PDF)

Theodorou G.E., Roussiakis S.J., Athanassiou A. & Filippidi A. (2010) – Mammalian remains from a new site near the classical locality of Pikermi (Attica, Greece). Proceedings of the XIX CBGA Congress, Thessaloniki, Greece, Scientific Annals, School of Geology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Special Volume 99, p. 109-119. (PDF)

Roussiakis S.J. (2009) ­– Prostrepsiceros and Protragelaphus (Artiodactyla, Mammalia) from the Late Miocene locality of Chomateri (Attica, Greece). Annales de Paléontologie, 95: 181-195. (PDF)

Theodorou G., Roussiakis S., Athanassiou A., Giaourtsakis I., Panayidis I. (2007) A Late Pleistocene endemic genet (Carnivora, Viverridae) from Aghia Napa, Cyprus. Bulletin of the Geological Society of Greece, 40: 201-208. (PDF)

Giaourtsakis I., Theodorou G., Roussiakis S.J., Athanassiou A., & Iliopoulos G. (2006) ­– Late Miocene horned rhinoceroses (Rhinocerotidae, Mammalia) from Kerassia (Euboea, Greece). Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen, 239: 367-398. (PDF)

Roussiakis S.J., Theodorou G.E. & Iliopoulos G. (2006) ­– An almost complete skeleton of Metailurus parvulus (Carnivora, Felidae) from the late Miocene of Kerassia (Northern Euboea, Greece). Geobios, 39: 563-584. (PDF)

Symeonidis N.K., Kazar E. & Roussiakis S.J. (2004) ­– Shark-toothed dolphin remains (Mammalia, Cetacea, Squalodontidae) from the Early Miocene of Greece. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, 105 A: 307-331. (PDF)

Theodorou G.E., Athanassiou A.S., Roussiakis S.J. & Iliopoulos G. (2003) ­– Preliminary remarks on the Late Miocene herbivores of Kerassiá (Northern Euboea, Greece). In: Reumer J.W.F. & Wessels W. (Eds.) ­– "Distribution and migration of Tertiary mammals in Eurasia. A volume in honour of Hans de Bruijn", Deinsea, 10: 519-530. (PDF)

Roussiakis S.J. & Theodorou G.E. (2003) ­– Carnivora from the Late Miocene of Kerassiá (Northern Euboea, Greece). In: Reumer J.W.F. & Wessels W. (Eds.) ­– "Distribution and migration of Tertiary mammals in Eurasia. A volume in honour of Hans de Bruijn", Deinsea, 10: 469-497. (PDF)

Roussiakis S.J. (2003) ­– Oioceros rothii (Wagner, 1857) from the late Miocene of Pikermi (Greece): cranial and dental morphology, comparison with related forms. Geodiversitas, 25(4): 717-735. (PDF)

Roussiakis S.J. (2002) ­– Musteloids and feloids (Mammalia, Carnivora) from the late Miocene locality of Pikermi (Attica, Greece). Geobios, 35(6): 699-719. (PDF)

Roussiakis S.J. & Theodorou G.E. (2001) ­– Ancylotherium pentelicum (Gaudry & Lartet, 1856) (Perissodactyla, Mammalia) from the classic locality of Pikermi (Attica, Greece), stored in the Palaeontological and Geological Museum of Athens. Geobios, 34(5): 563-584. (PDF)

Roussiakis S.J. (2001) ­– Postcranial remains of Indarctos atticus (Ursidae, Mammalia) from the classical locality of Pikermi (Attica, Greece), with a description of the front limb. Senckenbergiana lethaea, 81(2): 347-358. (PDF)

Roussiakis S.J. (2001) ­– Metailurus major Zdansky, 1924 (Carnivora, Mammalia) from the classical locality of Pikermi (Attica, Greece). Annales de Paléontologie, 87(2): 119-132. (PDF)

Theodorou G., Spjeldnaes N., Hanken N., Lauritzen S.E., Velitzelos E., Athanassiou A. & Roussiakis S. (2000) ­– Description and taphonomic investigations of Neogene Proboscidea from Rhodos, Greece. Annales Géologiques des Pays Helléniques, 38, C: 133-156. (PDF)

Theodorou G., Roussiakis S. Simitsis v. (2000) ­– New Upper Quaternary mammal remains from Rethymnon, Crete. Bulletin de la Société Spéléologique de Grèce, 22: 85-94. [in Greek, English abstract] (PDF)

Theodorou G., Roussiakis S.,Kirdis S., Lampropoulou G., Ypsilanti E. Dimitrakopoulos L. & Plessias P. (2000) ­– Observations on caves of North Corfu. Bulletin de la Société Spéléologique de Grèce, 22: 71-84. [in Greek, English abstract]  (PDF)

De Bruijn H., Saraç G., Van den Hoek Ostende L.W. & Roussiakis S.J. (1999) ­– The status of the genus Parapodemus Schaub, 1938; new data bearing on an old controversy. In: Reumer J.W.F. & De Vos J. (Eds.) ­– "Elephants have a snorkel! Papers in honour of Paul Y. Sondaar", Deinsea, 7: 95-112. (PDF)

Bassiakos Y., Athanassiou A., Roussiakis S. & Theodorou G. (1992) ­– Variation of U-microdistribution in fossil Hipparion teeth as a complicating factor in dating studies. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, Articles, 158(2): 239-250. (PDF)

 

 

Publications in Proceedings Volumes and Other Editions

 

Dermitzakis M.D., Roussiakis S.J. & Kouli A. (2008) ­– Palaeogeographic evolution of the island of Kythera during the Upper Cenozoic. 1st International Conference of Kythera Studies “Scientific Research on Kythera Island”, Kythera, 19-23 September 2003, p. 133-150. [in Greek, English abstract] (PDF)

Roussiakis S. & Iliopoulos G. (2004) ­– Preliminary observations on the metrical variation of Helladotherium duvernoyi and Bohlinia attica. 5th International Symposium on Eastern Mediterranean Geology, Thessaloniki, Greece, 14-20 April 2004, Proceedings, 1: 343-346. (PDF)

 

 

Abstracts and Posters

 

Kampouridis P., Kargopoulos N., Svorligkou G., Giaourtsakis I., Roussiakis S., Theodorou G. (2018) – Rhinocerotidae (Mammalia, Perissodactyla) remains from the Pleistocene locality of Richea (Laconia, Greece). 5th International Palaeontological Congress - Paris 9th-13th July 2018, Abstracts, p. 1049.

Kargopoulos N., Roussiakis S., Kampouridis P., Svorligkou G., Theodorou G. (2018) – First occurence of Amphiorycteropus gaudryi (Major, 1888) in Kerassia (Euboea, Greece). 5th International Palaeontological Congress - Paris 9th-13th July 2018, Abstracts, p. 613.

Svorligkou G., Giaourtsakis I., Kampouridis P., Kargopoulos N., Roussiakis S., Theodorou G. (2018) – New morphological and biometrical data on the carpal and metacarpal bones of Dihoplus pikermiensis and "Diceros" neumayri (Perissodactyla, Rhinocerotidae) from the Late Miocene of Greece.. 5th International Palaeontological Congress - Paris 9th-13th July 2018, Abstracts, p. 626.

Konidaris G., Roussiakis S. (2017– Anancus (Proboscidea, Mammalia) from Chomateri - The first record of the genus in the Late Miocene of Greece. 15th Congress of the R.C.M.N.S.  "Exploring a physical laboratory: the Mediterranean Basin", 3-6 September 2017, Athens, Abstracs, p. 19.

Bohme M., Spassov N., Ebner M., Geraads D., Hristova L., Kirscher U., Kotter S., Linnemann U., Prieto J., Roussiakis S., Theodorou G., Uhlig G., Winklhofer M. (2017) – Environment and stratigraphy of the classical Pikermi sites and postpikermian localities and the first, Late Miocene, Sahara desertification. 15th Congress of the R.C.M.N.S.  "Exploring a physical laboratory: the Mediterranean Basin", 3-6 September 2017, Athens, Abstracs, p. 31.

Roussiakis S., Lazaridis G., Hristova L. (2017) – The ecological niche of "robust" hipparions during the Late Miocene and Pliocene in the Balkans. 15th Congress of the R.C.M.N.S.  "Exploring a physical laboratory: the Mediterranean Basin", 3-6 September 2017, Athens, Abstracs, p. 98.

Skandalos P., Roussiakis S., Doukas C., de Bruijn H., Wessels W. (2017) – Study of Cricetodon (Rodentia, Mammalia) from the Lower Miocene locality of Karydia (Rhodope, North Greece). 15th Congress of the R.C.M.N.S.  "Exploring a physical laboratory: the Mediterranean Basin", 3-6 September 2017, Athens, Abstracs, p. 115.

Theodorou E., Provatidis C., Mitsopoulou V., Vasilopoulos T., Polidoras S., Roussiakis S., Michailidis D., Kousoulakos S., Kaisarlis G., Tyllianakis M., Spitas V., Legakis A. & Theodorou G. (2014) – From the Charkadio Cave excavation, to a full 3D reconstruction of an extinct elephant. 6th International Conference on Mammoths and their Relatives. Grevena, and Siatista, Western Macedonia, Greece, May 5-12, 2014, Scientific Annals, School of Geology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 102: 197. (PDF pending)

Michailidis D., Mitsopoulou V., Roussiakis S.Theodorou G. (2014) – The taphonomic study of Charkadio cave, Tilos island. Evidence from elephant and avian remains. 6th International Conference on Mammoths and their Relatives. Grevena, and Siatista, Western Macedonia, Greece, May 5-12, 2014, Scientific Annals, School of Geology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 102: 129. (PDF pending)

Roussiakis S.Athanassiou A., Michailidis D., Mitsopoulou V., Solomos Ch. & Theodorou G. (2014) – Remarks on new proboscidean remains from the classical Late Miocene locality of Pikermi and their associated fauna. 6th International Conference on Mammoths and their Relatives. Grevena, and Siatista, Western Macedonia, Greece, May 5-12, 2014, Scientific Annals, School of Geology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 102: 171-172. (PDF pending)

Athanassiou A., Reese D., Iliopoulos G., Herridge V., Roussiakis S.Mitsopoulou V., Tsiolakis E. & Theodorou G. (in press) – The endemic elephants of Cyprus: a reconsideration of their variation and taxonomy based on new finds. 6th International Conference on Mammoths and their Relatives. Grevena, and Siatista, Western Macedonia, Greece, May 5-12, 2014. (PDF pending)

Theodorou E.G., Provatidis C.G., & Roussiakis S.J. (in press) – Palaeontological heritage: a state of the art complete skeletal reconstruction. 3rd ARCH RNT Symposium "Archaeological Research and New Technologies", 3-6 October 2012, Kalamata, Greece.  (PDF pending)

Theodorou G., Roussiakis S.Mitsopoulou V., Vassilopoulos T., Kaisarlis G., Michailidis D., Theodorou E., Isidorou S., Fotiou D. & Provatidis C. (2014) – Laser scans, CT scans and conventional photography scans, as a powerful tool for comparative palaeontological studies. 1st Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology (CAA) - Gr Conference, Rethymno, Crete, 7-8 March 2014. (extended abstract PDF)

Theodorou G., Mitsopoulou V., Isidorou S., Vassilopoulos T., Roussiakis S.Theodorou E., Michailidis D. & Kaisarlis G.  (2014) – A study case for a 3D skeletal reconstruction of Elephas tiliensis  based on CT and laser scans; morphology, population data and taphonomy. 10th North American Paleontological Convention, Florida Museum of Natural History, February 15-18, 2014, Gainesville, Florida. Abstract Book, The Paleontological Society Special Publications, Vol. 13, p. 172. (PDF)

Mitsopoulou V., Isidorou S., Vassilopoulos T., Theodorou E., Michailidis D., Roussiakis S.Theodorou G. (2014) – The development of allometric equations for estimating the dimensions of the Elephas tiliensis skeletal elements. 10th North American Paleontological Convention, Florida Museum of Natural History, February 15-18, 2014, Gainesville, Florida. Abstract Book, The Paleontological Society Special Publications, Vol. 13, p. 38-39. (abstract and poster PDF)

Mitsopoulou V., Roussiakis S., Athanassiou A., Lazaridis G. & Theodorou G. (2013) – New cranial material of Hipparion sensu lato (Perissodactyla, Mammalia) from the classical locality of Pikermi, Greece. 14th R.C.M.N.S. Congress "Neogene to Quaternary Geological Evolution of Mediterranean, Paratethys, and Black Sea",  8-12 September 2013, Instanbul, Turkey, Abstracts, p. 129. (PDF)

Theodorou G., Roussiakis S., Athanassiou A., Mitsopoulou V., Solomos Ch., & Lychounas A. (2013) – Pikermi; new excavations at a classical locality. 14th R.C.M.N.S. Congress "Neogene to Quaternary Geological Evolution of Mediterranean, Paratethys, and Black Sea",  8-12 September 2013, Instanbul, Turkey, Abstracts, p. 128. (PDF)

Theodorou E., Mitsopoulou V., Vassilopoulos T., Provatidis C. & Roussiakis S. (2013) – Toward a better knowledge of Elephas tiliensis skeletal proportions and morphology. 14th R.C.M.N.S. Congress "Neogene to Quaternary Geological Evolution of Mediterranean, Paratethys, and Black Sea",  8-12 September 2013, Instanbul, Turkey, Abstracts, p. 160. (PDF)

Iliopoulos G., Roussiakis S. & Fassoulas C. (2011)Ηyaenid footprint from the Late Miocene of Western Crete. 9th Annual Meeting, European Association of Vertebrate Palaeontologists, 14-19 June, 2011, Heraklion, Crete, Abstracts, pp. 30-31.  (PDF)

Iliopoulos G., Roussiakis S. & Fassoulas C. (2010) – Large mammal footprints from the Late Miocene of Western Grete. XIX Congress of the Carpatho-Balkan Geological Association, Thessaloniki, Greece, 23-26 September 2010, Geologica Balcanica, 39 (1-2), Abstracts Volume, p. 164. (PDF)

Michailidis D., Roussiakis S. & Theodorou G. (2010) – Palaeoavian remains from the Late Miocene localities of Pikermi, Chomateri and Kerassiá; palaeoecological implications. XIX Congress of the Carpatho-Balkan Geological Association, Thessaloniki, Greece, 23-26 September 2010, Geologica Balcanica, 39 (1-2), Abstracts Volume, p. 250-251. (abstract and poster PDF)

Iliopoulos G., Lyras G., Roussiakis S. & Athanassiou A. (2010) – Woolly rhinos and woolly mammoths in Southern Greece? Using REE elements to trace the provenance of old museum collections. 8th Meeting of the European Association of Vertebrate Palaeontologists, Aix-en-Provence June 7th-12th 2010, Abstract Volume, p. 46. (PDF)

Theodorou G.Ε., Roussiakis S.J., Athanassiou A., Giaourtsakis I. & Panayides I. (2007) ­– A late Pleistocene endemic genet (Carnivora, Viverridae) from Aghia Napa, Cyprus. 11th International Congress, Athens, May 2007. (poster PDF)

Theodorou G., Athanassiou A. & Roussiakis S. (2005) ­– Description of Hipparion from Peloponnese and its palaeogeographical implications. 12th Congress R.C.M.N.S. "Patterns and Processes in the Neogene of the Mediterranean Region", 6-11 September 2005, Vienna, Abstracts, p. 234. (abstract and poster PDF)

Theodorou G. & Roussiakis S. (2001) ­– First carnivore remains (Felidae and Hyaenidae) from the Late Miocene of Kerassia (North Euboea, Greece). In: "Distribution and migration of Tertiary mammals in Eurasia. A three-day international conference in honour of Hans de Bruijn", University of Utrecht, 17-19 May 2001, Abstracts, p. 46. (abstract and poster PDF)

Theodorou G., Athanassiou A., Roussiakis S. & Iliopoulos G. (2001) ­– Remarks on the Late Miocene vertebrates of Kerassia (Northern Euboea, Greece). In: "Distribution and migration of Tertiary mammals in Eurasia. A three-day international conference in honour of Hans de Bruijn", University of Utrecht, 17-19 May 2001, Abstracts: 44-45. (PDF)

Theodorou G., Athanassiou A., Roussiakis S. & Iliopoulos G. (1998) ­– Preliminary results on the recent excavations of the Kerassia locality (Euboea). Interim-Colloquium/RCMNS "Mediterranean Neogene Cyclostratigraphy in marine-continental palaeoenvironments", Patras-Greece, 27-29 May 1998, Abstracts, p. 66. (PDF)

Theodorou G.E., Roussiakis S.J. & Athanassiou A. (1995) ­– Contribution to the study of the terrestrial Neogene of Greece. Artiodactyla and Rhinocerotidae from the Kerassia and Chalkoutsi localities. Xth R.C.M.N.S. Congress, 4-9 September 1995, Bucharest, Romanian Journal of Stratigraphy, vol. 76 (Supplement Nr. 7), Abstract Volume 1: 129-130. (PDF)

Roussiakis S.J. & Theodorou G.E. (1995) ­– Fossil mammal collections of the Paleontological and Geological Museum of the University of Athens: Ancylotherium pentelicum Gaudry & Lartet (Mammalia, Perissodactyla) from Pikermi (Attica, Greece). Xth R.C.M.N.S. Congress, 4-9 September 1995, Bucharest, Romanian Journal of Stratigraphy, vol. 76 (Supplement Nr. 7), Abstract Volume 1: 99-100. (PDF)

Theodorou G.E. & Roussiakis S.J.  (1994) ­– Observations on the fossil endemic deer from the Rethymnon area, Crete. 5th Int. Congress, Athens-Crete, 7-11/11/94, “Cave Development, Evolution and Environment”, Bulletin de la Société Spéléologique de Grèce, 21: p. 280. (PDF)

Theodorou G.E., Roussiakis S.J. & Simitsis, V. (1991) ­– Observations on the quaternary endemic deer of Armenoi and Oros (Rethymnon, Crete). 7th International Cretological Congress, Rethymnon, 1991, Abstract Volume, p. 38. [in Greek] (PDF)

Theodorou G.E. & Roussiakis S.J. (1991) ­– On the morphology of the endemic deer of Crete. EUG VI, Strasbourg 24-28 March 1991, Terra Abstracts, 3(1), p. 330. (PDF)

Bassiakos Y., Athanassiou A. & Roussiakis S. (1991) ­– Uranium microdistribution in Hipparion teeth. EUG VI, Strasbourg 24-28 March 1991, Terra Abstracts, 3(1), p. 330. (PDF)

Bassiakos Y., Athanassiou A., Roussiakis S. & Theodorou G. (1990) ­– The role of some multivariant factors that account in the uranium microdistribution of Hipparion molars. International Symposium on Archaeometry, 2-6 April 1990, Heidelberg, Germany, Abstract Volume, p. 23. (PDF)

 

 

Educational

 

Roussiakis S. (2013) ­– Mammalian Palaeontology. National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 1-248. [Edition for the lesson "Vertebrate Palaeontology", in Greek]

 

 

Popular Science

 

Dermitzakis M.D., Roussiakis S.J. (2008) ­– The sea "dinosaurs". Geotropio, 450: 34-47. [in Greek]

Dermitzakis M.D., Roussiakis S.J. (2007) ­– Feathered giants: the "dinosaurs" of the air. Geotropio, 370: 20-18. [in Greek]

Dermitzakis M.D., Roussiakis S.J. & Geer A.A.E. Van Der (2006) ­– In the Museum: Mosasaurus. National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Museum of Palaeontology and Geology, Athens, 55 pp. [in Greek and English]


 

 

 

 

 

Updated September 2016