PBDB Collection

Monasteri (Miocene of Greece)

Where: Greece (41.2° N, 23.4° E: paleocoordinates 40.9° N, 23.2° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Lefkon Formation, Turolian (8.7 - 5.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: alluvial fan; conglomerate and sandstone

• polymict poorly sorted conglomerate containing pebbles of schist, gneiss and granite. This coarse-grained series grades upwards into arkosic sands and finally into clays with occasional lignites

Size class: mesofossils

Primary reference: H. de Bruijn. 1989. Smaller mammals from the Upper Miocene and Lower Pliocene of the Strimon basin, Greece. Part 1. Rodentia and Lagomorpha. Bollettino della Societa Paleontologica Italiana 28(2-3):189-195 [J. Alroy/E. Leckey/E. Leckey]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 31940: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Erin Leckey on 29.05.2003, edited by Evangelos Vlachos

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Taxonomic list

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Amphibia
Salientia - Pelobatidae	Pelobates cf. syriacus² Pelobates cf. syriacus² Boettger 1889 Syrian spadefoot toad
Salientia - Discoglossidae	Latonia sp.² Latonia sp.² von Meyer 1843 painted frog
Mammalia
Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae	Prolagus sp. Prolagus sp. Pomel 1853 pika
Rodentia - Cricetidae	"Cricetus" "sp. A" "Cricetus" "sp. A" Leske 1779 rodent approx.
Rodentia - Muridae	Micromys bendai, Occitanomys androveri, Rhagapodemus hautimagnensis, Pseudomeriones megistos³, Apodemus gudrunae Micromys bendai van de Weerd 1979 harvest mouse approx. Occitanomys androveri mouse approx. Rhagapodemus hautimagnensis mouse approx. Pseudomeriones megistos³ Sylvestrou and Kostopoulos 2007 gerbil approx. Apodemus gudrunae van de Weerd 1976 Eurasian field mouse approx.
Rodentia - Gliridae	Myomimus maritsensis Myomimus maritsensis de Bruijn et al. 1970 dormouse approx.
Rodentia - Sciuridae	Hylopetes "sp. A" Hylopetes "sp. A" Thomas 1908 squirrel 1 or 2 specimens
Rodentia - Eomyidae	Keramidomys cf. carpathicus Keramidomys cf. carpathicus Schaub and Zapfe 1953 rodent 1 or 2 specimens
Soricomorpha - Soricidae	Soricidae "sp. B"¹ Soricidae "sp. B"¹ Fischer 1814 shrew

¹Doukas 1989; ²Sanchiz 1998; ³Sylvestrou and Kostopoulos 2007