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• coordinate based on unpublished field data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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
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Mammalia | |
Atlantoxerus rhodius n. sp., Spermophilinus giganteus n. sp.
Atlantoxerus rhodius n. sp. de Bruijn et al. 1970 squirrel
Spermophilinus giganteus n. sp. de Bruijn et al. 1970 squirrel | |
Spalax sotiriosi n. sp., Castillomys sp., Castillomys crusafonti, Rhagapodemus vandeweerdi n. sp.1, Pelomys europeus n. sp., Occitanomys anomalus n. sp., Pseudomeriones abbreviatus, Apodemus cf. dominans
Spalax sotiriosi n. sp. blind mole
Castillomys crusafonti Michaux 1969 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 | |
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 | |
Calomyscus minor n. sp.
Calomyscus minor n. sp. de Bruijn et al. 1970 mouse | |
Eliomys intermedius Priant 1953 dormouse
Myomimus maritsensis n. sp. de Bruijn et al. 1970 dormouse | |
Keramidomys carpaticus rodent | |
Trischizolagus maritsae n. sp.
Trischizolagus maritsae n. sp. de Bruijn et al. 1970 rabbit | |
Ochotona sp. Link 1795 pika | |
Episoriculus gibberodon Petenyi 1864 red-toothed shrew
Blarinella sp. Thomas 1911 Asiatic short-tailed shrew |