Paliambela-B (Miocene of Greece)

Also known as PLM-B

Where: Pieria, Greece (40.5° N, 22.5° E: paleocoordinates 40.2° N, 22.2° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: MN 13 mammal zone, Markygialos Formation, Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; silty sandstone

• clayey sand

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: sieve,

• The material from Paliambela is housed in the Department of Geology of the University of Thessaloniki, Greece

Primary reference: I. Sylvestrou and D. S. Kostopoulos. 2007. Pseudomeriones megistos nov. sp. (Gerbillinae, Mammalia) from the Latest Miocene of Northern Greece and its phylogenetic relationships. Geobios 40:833-848 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 205333: authorized by Evangelos Vlachos, entered by Evangelos Vlachos on 11.10.2019

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Rodentia - Muridae
Pseudomeriones megistos n. sp.
Pseudomeriones megistos n. sp. Sylvestrou and Kostopoulos 2007 gerbil
Holotype: Part of right mandible with Iinferior-m2 (PLM-2)