Where: Greece (41.2° N, 23.5° E: paleocoordinates 40.9° N, 23.2° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Lefkon Formation, Turolian (8.7 - 5.3 Ma)
• From the same bed as Ano Metochi 2
•Bed 3
Environment/lithology: alluvial fan; conglomerate and silty, carbonaceous sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: A. Armour-Brown, H. de Bruijn, C. Maniati, G. Siatos, and P. Niesen. 1977. The Geology of the Neogene sediments north of Serrai and the use of rodent faunas for biostratigraphic control. VI Colloquium on the Geology of the Aegean Region; Athens 1977, Proceedings 2:615-622 [J. Alroy/E. Leckey/E. Leckey]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 31928: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Erin Leckey on 29.05.2003, edited by Terri Cleary and Gemma Benevento
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Gnathostomata | |
Osteichthyes indet. bony fish | |
Amphibia | |
Anura indet. frog | |
Reptilia | |
Squamata indet. squamates | |
Anguidae indet.3 Gray 1825 squamates 25 caudal vertebrae (UU AM3 514), and 41 osteoderms (UU AM3 515-UU AM3 520).
Ophisaurus sp.3 Daudin 1803 glass lizard four dentaries (UU AM3 509, UU AM3 510, UU AM3 511 and UU AM3 512), 51 presacral vertebrae (UU AM3 513).
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Lacertidae indet.3 Bonaparte 1831 squamates one premaxilla (UU AM3 501), one maxilla (UU AM3 502) and one dentary (UU AM3 503).
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Serpentes indet.3 Linnaeus 1758 snake four dentaries (UU AM3 542-UU AM3 545), one ?compound bone (UU AM3 546), several isolated fangs (UU AM3 547), 130 precloacal vertebrae (UU AM3 548), 46 caudal vertebrae (UU AM3 549), and 14 ribs (UU AM3 550).
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Natrix sp.3 Laurenti 1768 water snake 94 vertebrae (UU AM3 539), one compound bone (UU AM3 540), and one quadrate (UU AM3 541).
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? Cordylidae indet.3 Gray 1837 spinytail lizard two right maxillae (UU AM3 505, UU AM3 506) and one left maxilla (UU AM3 507).
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Mammalia | |
Cricetus "sp. A" Leske 1779 rodent | |
Eutamias sp. Trouessart 1880 chipmunk | |
Myomimus cf. maritsensis de Bruijn et al. 1970 dormouse | |
Rhagapodemus hautimagnensis1, Apodemus dominans1, Apodemus gudrunae1, Pliospalax sp.1, Pseudomeriones rhodius1, Micromys bendai1, Occitanomys androveri1
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