Where: Mygdonia, Greece (40.8° N, 23.1° E: paleocoordinates 40.1° N, 22.5° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: MN 7+8 mammal zone, Chryssavgi Formation (Pro-Mygdonia Group), Astaracian (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; condensed, brown claystone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils
Collected in 1991
Collection methods: quarrying, sieve,
Primary reference: Κ Koliadimou. 1996. [Palaeontological and biostratigraphical study of the Neogene/Quaternary micromammals of Mygdonia basin (Macedonia, Greece)]. Department Of Geology, Aristotle University Of Thessaloniki, Greece 1-465 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 205366: authorized by Evangelos Vlachos, entered by Evangelos Vlachos on 13.10.2019
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Mammalia | |
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Megacricetodon minor Lartet 1851 rodent
Byzantinia bayraktepensis Unay 1980 rodent | |
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Myomimus sp. Ognev 1924 dormouse | |
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Prolagus "n. sp." Pomel 1853 pika
Alloptox sp. Dawson 1961 pika | |
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cf. Schizogalerix sp. Engesser 1980 hedgehog | |
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Desmanodon minor Engesser 1980 mole | |