Vorio 3 & 3A: Ruscinian, Greece

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Rodentia - Muridae
Apodemus dominans
Apodemus atavus
Rhagapodemus primaevus
Occitanomys brailloni Michaux 1969
Micromys bendai van de Weerd 1979
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Microtodon aff. komanensis
Mimomys davakosi van de Weerd 1979
Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Pliopetaurista dehneli
Mammalia - Rodentia - Castoridae
Castoridae indet. Gray 1821
Reptilia - Testudines
Testudinoidea indet. Gray 1825
Loreal et al. 2020
Reptilia
Caenophidia indet. (Hoffstetter 1939)
Loreal et al. 2020
Reptilia - Colubridae
Natrix sp. Laurenti 1768
Loreal et al. 2020
Amphibia - Temnospondyli
Anura indet. (Fischer von Waldheim 1813)
Loreal et al. 2020
Latonia sp. von Meyer 1843
Loreal et al. 2020
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Ranidae
Ranidae indet. Rafinesque 1814
Loreal et al. 2020
Rana sp. Linnaeus 1758
Loreal et al. 2020
see common names

Geography
Country:Greece State/province:Kozani County:Ptolemaida
Coordinates: 40.5° North, 21.7° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:40.4° North, 21.6° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Pliocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Ruscinian
Age range of interval:5.33300 - 3.10000 m.y. ago
Age estimate:4.95 to 4.85 Ma (astronomical)
Stratigraphy
Formation:Prolemais
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lignite
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:mesofossils,microfossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:VOR3/VOR3A
Database number:205086
Authorizer:E. Vlachos Enterer:E. Vlachos
Created:2019-10-04 09:02:59 Last modified:2019-10-04 09:02:59
Access level:the public Released:2019-10-04 09:02:59
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

70377. K. Hordijk and H. de Bruijn. 2009. The succession of rodent faunas from the Mio/Pliocene lacustrine deposits of the Florina-Ptolemais-Servia Basin (Greece). Hellenic Journal of Geosciences 44:21-103 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]

Secondary references:

71812 E. Loreal, A. Villa, G. Georgalis and M. Delfino. 2020. Amphibians and reptiles from the late Miocene and early Pliocene of the Ptolemais area (Western Macedonia, Greece). Annales de Paléontologie 1-24 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]