Notio 1 (Pliocene of Greece)

Also known as NO1

Where: Kozani, Greece (40.4° N, 21.8° E: paleocoordinates 40.3° N, 21.7° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Ruscinian (5.3 - 3.2 Ma)

Environment/lithology: fluvial; gray claystone

• This bed is of supposedly fluviatile origin and also contains some fragmentary remains of larger mammals (i.e. Dolichopithecus).
• The fossiliferous bed is, in contrast to the other levels, a rather thick (40 cm) grey clay lens containing mollusc fragments.

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 205081: authorized by Evangelos Vlachos, entered by Evangelos Vlachos on 04.10.2019

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Scinciformata indet.
Amphibia
 Salientia -
Anura indet.
 Salientia - Ranidae
Ranidae indet., Rana sp.
Ranidae indet. Rafinesque 1814 frog
Rana sp. Linnaeus 1758 frog
 Salientia - Discoglossidae
Latonia sp.
Latonia sp. von Meyer 1843 painted frog
Reptilia
 Testudines -
Testudinoidea indet.
Testudinoidea indet. Gray 1825 turtle
 Testudines - Testudinidae
cf. Testudo sp.
cf. Testudo sp. Linnaeus 1758 turtle
 Squamata -
Squamata indet.
Squamata indet. squamates
 Squamata - Lacertidae
Lacertidae indet.
Lacertidae indet. Bonaparte 1831 squamates
 Squamata - Anguidae
Anguidae indet., Anguis sp.
Anguidae indet. Gray 1825 squamates
Anguis sp. Linnaeus 1758 slow worm
 Squamata - Scincidae
Scincidae indet.
Scincidae indet. Gray 1825 skink
 Squamata - Natricidae
Natrix sp.
Natrix sp. Laurenti 1768 water snake
 Squamata -
Alethinophidia indet., Caenophidia indet.
Alethinophidia indet. Nopcsa 1923 snake
 Squamata - Colubridae
Colubridae indet., Colubrinae indet., Natricinae indet.
Colubridae indet. Oppel 1811 colubrid snake
Colubrinae indet. Oppel 1811 colubrid snake
Natricinae indet. Bonaparte 1838 colubrid snake
Mammalia
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Dolomys cf. nehringi, Prospalax priscus, Propliomys hungaricus
 Rodentia - Muridae
Apodemus dominans, Apodemus atavus, Rhagapodemus frequens, Occitanomys magnus
Apodemus dominans Eurasian field mouse
Apodemus atavus Eurasian field mouse
 Rodentia - Castoridae
Castoridae indet.
Castoridae indet. Gray 1821 beaver
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
Sciurus anomalus
 Rodentia - Gliridae
Myomimus aff. maritsensis, Glis minor
Myomimus aff. maritsensis de Bruijn et al. 1970 dormouse
Glis minor Kowalski 1963 dormouse