Choremi 2: Middle Pleistocene, Greece
collected by Doukas, Theocharopoulos, de Bruijn 1995
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Ranidae
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Rana sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Reptilia
- Colubridae
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Natrix sp.
Laurenti 1768
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Natrix natrix
Linnaeus 1758
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Emydidae
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Emys orbicularis
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Mimomys aff. savini
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Mimomys sp.
Forsyth-Major 1902
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Castoridae
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Castor fiber
Linnaeus 1758
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Geography
| Country: | Greece | State/province: | Peloponnesos |
| Coordinates: | 37.4° North, 22.1° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 37.4° North, 22.1° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| Stage: | Chibanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Middle Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.77400 - 0.12900 m.y. ago |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lignite |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | lacustrine - large |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some macrofossils | ||
| Collection methods: | sieve,field collection,survey of museum collection,observed (not collected) | ||
| Collection size: | 100 specimens | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Collectors: | Doukas, Theocharopoulos, de Bruijn | Collection dates: | 1995 |
| Taxonomic list comments:The samples are rich in both botanical and faunal remains; mammalian fossils are, however, not very abundant | |||
Metadata
| Database number: | 200080 | ||
| Authorizer: | E. Vlachos | Enterer: | E. Vlachos |
| Modifier: | E. Vlachos | ||
| Created: | 2019-03-06 14:25:22 | Last modified: | 2019-03-06 14:25:50 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2019-03-06 14:25:22 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 68075. | N. van Vugt, H. de Bruijn, T. Kolfschoten and C. G. Langereis. 2000. Magneto- and cyclostratigraphy and mammal-fauna’s of the Pleistocene lacustrine Megalopolis Basin, Peloponnesos, Greece. Geol. Ultrajectina 69-92 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos/P. Wagner] |