Tomea Eksi 2 (Miocene of Greece)

Also known as TE2

Where: Kozani, Greece (40.4° N, 21.8° E: paleocoordinates 40.2° N, 21.5° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Tomea Eksi Member (Komnina Formation), Turolian (8.7 - 5.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lignite

• rhythmic alternations of lacustrine (diatomaceous) marls and thin lignite seams or palaeosols

Size classes: 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 205089: 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.2
Reptilia
 Squamata -
Squamata indet.2
Squamata indet.2 squamates
 Squamata - Lacertidae
Lacertidae indet.2
Lacertidae indet.2 Bonaparte 1831 squamates
 Squamata -
Caenophidia indet.2
 Squamata - Colubridae
Colubridae indet.2, Natricinae indet.2, Colubrinae indet.2
Colubridae indet.2 Oppel 1811 colubrid snake
Natricinae indet.2 Bonaparte 1838 colubrid snake
Colubrinae indet.2 Oppel 1811 colubrid snake
Mammalia
 Soricomorpha - Soricidae
Blarinella dubia1
Blarinella dubia1 Asiatic short-tailed shrew
 Soricomorpha - Talpidae
Archaeodesmana getica1, Talpa fossilis1
Archaeodesmana getica1 Russian desman
Talpa fossilis1 Petenyi 1864 mole
 Rodentia - Muridae
Apodemus gorafensis, Pseudomeriones sp., Micromys bendai, Arvicanthis broekhuisi n. sp., Occitanomys debruijni
Apodemus gorafensis Eurasian field mouse
Pseudomeriones sp. Schaub 1934 gerbil
Micromys bendai van de Weerd 1979 harvest mouse
Arvicanthis broekhuisi n. sp. Hordijk and de Bruijn 2009 grass rat
Occitanomys debruijni Sen et al. 1989 mouse
Amphibia
 Salientia -
Anura indet.2
 Salientia - Discoglossidae
Latonia sp.2
Latonia sp.2 von Meyer 1843 painted frog
 Salientia - Ranidae
Rana sp.2
Rana sp.2 Linnaeus 1758 frog
1Doukas 2005; 2Loreal et al. 2020