Maritsa (Neogene of Greece)

Where: Rhodes, Greece (36.3° N, 28.1° E: paleocoordinates 36.1° N, 27.8° E)

• coordinate based on unpublished field data

When: MN 13 (7.2 - 4.9 Ma)

• Traditionally considered to be Pliocene, but the presence of Calomyscus and Pelomys rather suggest allocation to MN 13 (Doukas, 2005)

Environment/lithology: fissure fill

Primary reference: H. de Bruijn, M.R. Dawson, and P. Mein. 1970. Upper Pliocene Rodentia, Lagomorpha and Insectivora (Mammalia) from the isle of Rhodes (Greece). I, II and III. Proceedings van de Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen, Series B 73(5):535-584 [L. van den Hoek Ostende/L. van den Hoek Ostende]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 68046: authorized by Lars van den Hoek Ostende, entered by Lars van den Hoek Ostende on 29.12.2006, edited by Terri Cleary and Evangelos Vlachos

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Squamata -
Scolecophidia indet.3 Duméril and Bibron 1844 snake
2 vertebrae
Mammalia
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
Atlantoxerus rhodius n. sp. de Bruijn et al. 1970 squirrel
Spermophilinus giganteus n. sp. de Bruijn et al. 1970 squirrel
 Rodentia - Muridae
Spalax sotiriosi n. sp. blind mole
Castillomys sp. Michaux 1969 mouse
possibly aberrant specimen of C. crusafonti
Castillomys crusafonti Michaux 1969 mouse
Rhagapodemus vandeweerdi n. sp.1 de Bruijn and van der Meulen 1975 mouse
Pelomys europeus n. sp. de Bruijn et al. 1970 groove-toothed swamp rat
Occitanomys anomalus n. sp. de Bruijn et al. 1970 mouse
Pseudomeriones abbreviatus Teilhard 1926 gerbil
Apodemus cf. dominans Eurasian field mouse
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Mesocricetus primitivus n. sp. de Bruijn et al. 1970 mouse
Cricetus lophidens n. sp. de Bruijn et al. 1970 mouse
? Cricetulus sp. Milne-Edwards 1867 mouse
 Rodentia - Calomyscidae
Calomyscus minor n. sp. de Bruijn et al. 1970 mouse
 Rodentia - Gliridae
Eliomys intermedius Priant 1953 dormouse
Myomimus maritsensis n. sp. de Bruijn et al. 1970 dormouse
 Rodentia - Eomyidae
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Trischizolagus maritsae n. sp. de Bruijn et al. 1970 rabbit
 Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae
Ochotona sp. Link 1795 pika
 Theriamorpha - Soricidae
Episoriculus gibberodon Petenyi 1864 red-toothed shrew
Blarinella sp. Thomas 1911 Asiatic short-tailed shrew
Blarinella sp.2 Thomas 1911 Asiatic short-tailed shrew