Thymiana C (Miocene of Greece)

Also known as THC, Michalos clay pit

Where: Aegean, Greece (38.3° N, 26.1° E: paleocoordinates 38.6° N, 26.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: MN5 mammal zone, Keramaria Formation, Middle Miocene (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; silty sandstone

• ands-silts alternated by siltstones-sandstones

Size classes: mesofossils, microfossils

Preservation: cast

Collected in 1991

Collection methods: sieve,

Primary reference: G. D. Koufos, L. de Bonis, and S. Sen. 1995. Lophocyon paraskevaidisi, a new viverrid (Carnivora, Mammalia) from the Middle Miocene of Chios island, Greece. Geobios 28(4):511-523 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 205390: authorized by Evangelos Vlachos, entered by Evangelos Vlachos on 14.10.2019

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Tribosphenida - Erinaceidae
Schizogalerix sp.
Schizogalerix sp. Engesser 1980 hedgehog
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Cricetodon meini, Megacricetodon primitivus, "Democricetodon sp." = Copemys
Cricetodon meini Freudenthal 1963 rodent
Megacricetodon primitivus Mein and Freudenthal 1971 rodent
"Democricetodon sp." = Copemys Wood 1936 rodent
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
Sciuridae indet.
Sciuridae indet. Gray 1821 squirrel
 Rodentia - Ctenodactylidae
Ctenodactylidae indet.
Ctenodactylidae indet. Gervais 1853 gundi
 Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae
Alloptox sp.
Alloptox sp. Dawson 1961 pika