Choremi 2 (Pleistocene of Greece)

Where: Peloponnesos, Greece (37.4° N, 22.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Lignite I Member (Choremi Formation), Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.1 Ma)

Environment/lithology: lacustrine - large; lignite

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collected by Doukas, Theocharopoulos, de Bruijn in 1995

Collection methods: sieve, ,

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 200080: authorized by Evangelos Vlachos, entered by Evangelos Vlachos on 06.03.2019

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Taxonomic list

• The samples are rich in both botanical and faunal remains; mammalian fossils are, however, not very abundant
Reptilia
 Squamata - Natricidae
Natrix sp. Laurenti 1768 water snake
Natrix natrix Linnaeus 1758 water snake
 Testudines - Emydidae
Emys orbicularis Linnaeus 1758 European pond turtle
Mammalia
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Mimomys sp. Forsyth-Major 1902 vole
 Rodentia - Castoridae
Castor fiber Linnaeus 1758 Eurasian beaver
Amphibia
 Salientia - Ranidae
Rana sp. Linnaeus 1758 frog