Turija open-pit mine (Oligocene of Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Also known as Banovići

Where: Bosnia and Herzegovina (44.4° N, 18.4° E: paleocoordinates 42.4° N, 17.0° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: MP 30 (28.4 - 23.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; green claystone

• greenish clay that contains very thin layers of lignite

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: All material is stored in Utrecht temporarily, but will eventually be housed in the Natural History Museum of Beograd

Primary reference: A. de Leeuw, O. Mandic, H. Bruijn, Z. Marković, J. Reumer, W. Wessels, E. and W. Krijgsman. 2011. Magnetostratigraphy and small mammals of the Late Oligocene Banovići basin in NE Bosnia and Herzegovina. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 310:400-412 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 183547: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 05.01.2017, edited by Patricia Holroyd

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Theriamorpha - Talpidae
Desmanodon sp.3, Desmanodon aff. ziegleri3, Suleimania aff. ruemkae3, Geotrypus sp.3
Desmanodon sp.3 Engesser 1980 mole
Desmanodon aff. ziegleri3 van den Hoek Ostende 1997 mole
Suleimania aff. ruemkae3 Van den Hoek Ostende 2001 mole
Geotrypus sp.3 Pomel 1848 mole
BAN637-639
 Theriamorpha - Soricidae
? Crocidosorex sp.3, Oligosorex "sp. 1"3, Oligosorex "sp. 2"3, ? Srinitium sp.3
? Crocidosorex sp.3 Lavocat 1951 shrew
Oligosorex "sp. 1"3 Kretzoi 1959 shrew
BAN672-680
Oligosorex "sp. 2"3 Kretzoi 1959 shrew
BAN695-697
? Srinitium sp.3 Hugueney 1976 shrew
 Theriamorpha - Erinaceidae
Erinaceinae indet.3
Erinaceinae indet.3 Fischer de Waldheim 1817 hedgehog
 Placentalia -
Lagomorpha indet.2
Lagomorpha indet.2 Brandt 1885 placental
 Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae
cf. Sinolagomys sp.
cf. Sinolagomys sp. Bohlin 1937 pika
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Mirabella aff. anatolica, Deperetomys magnus n. sp.1, Eumyarion microps, Eumyarion margueritae n. sp.1
Mirabella aff. anatolica de Bruijn and Saraç 1992 mouse
BAN141–143; BAN145–147; BAN151–157
Deperetomys magnus n. sp.1 de Bruijn et al. 2013 mouse
Eumyarion microps mouse
BAN271–274; BAN281–288; BAN291–295; BAN301– 323; BAN331–348; BAN351–357; BAN361–378; BAN381– 386; BAN391–397
Eumyarion margueritae n. sp.1 de Bruijn et al. 2013 mouse
 Rodentia - Muridae
Vetusspalax progressus n. gen. n. sp.1
Vetusspalax progressus n. gen. n. sp.1 de Bruijn et al. 2013 blind mole
 Rodentia - Gliridae
Bransatoglis fugax, Bransatoglis bosniensis n. sp.1, Microdyromys praemurinus2
Bransatoglis fugax Hugueney 1967 dormouse
BAN441–445; BAN447; BAN449; BAN451–456; BAN458–459
Bransatoglis bosniensis n. sp.1 de Bruijn et al. 2013 dormouse
Microdyromys praemurinus2 Freudenberg 1941 dormouse
BAN461; BAN463; BAN465–467; BAN471–489
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
Palaeosciurus aff. feignouxi
Palaeosciurus aff. feignouxi Pomel 1953 squirrel
BAN410–419
 Theriamorpha - Herpetotheriidae
Amphiperatherium cf. exile3
Amphiperatherium cf. exile3 Gervais 1848 marsupial
1de Bruijn et al. 2013; 2van de Weerd et al. 2022; 3Van der Sar et al. 2017