Tourkovounia 2 (Pleistocene of Greece)

Also known as TRK; Tourkobounia 2

Where: Greece (38.0° N, 23.7° E: paleocoordinates 37.9° N, 23.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Early/Lower Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.8 Ma)

• Early Pleistocene, Biharian, Latest Villafranchian, MNQ 19

Environment/lithology: fissure fill; lithology not reported

Size class: mesofossils

Primary reference: G. D. Koufos. 2001. The Villafranchian mammalian faunas and biochronology of Greece. Bollettino della Societa Paleontologica Italiana 40(2):217-223 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 34767: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 23.09.2003, edited by Terri Cleary and Evangelos Vlachos

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Jordanomys majori, Kalymnomys major5
Amphibia
 Salientia - Pelobatidae
Pelobates cf. syriacus1
Pelobates cf. syriacus1 Boettger 1889 Syrian spadefoot toad
 Salientia - Ranidae
Rana sp.1
Rana sp.1 Linnaeus 1758 frog
 Salientia - Bufonidae
Bufo viridis1
Bufo viridis1 Laurenti 1768 European green toad
Reptilia
 Squamata -
Scolecophidia indet.4
Scolecophidia indet.4 Duméril and Bibron 1844 snake
3 vertebrae (UUGI)
 Squamata - Typhlopidae
aff. Typhlops vermiculatus1
 Squamata - Colubridae
Colubrinae indet.1, cf. Elaphe situla1, cf. Elaphe longissima1, cf. Coronella sp.1, Natrix cf. tesselata1, Natrix sp.1
Colubrinae indet.1 Oppel 1811 colubrid snake
cf. Elaphe situla1 colubrid snake
cf. Elaphe longissima1 Laurenti 1768 colubrid snake
cf. Coronella sp.1 Laurenti 1768 colubrid snake
Natrix cf. tesselata1 water snake
Natrix sp.1 Laurenti 1768 water snake
 Squamata - Crotalidae
Vipera sp.1, "Vipera cf. ammodytes" = Vipera (Vipera) ammodytes1
Vipera sp.1 Laurenti 1768 pit viper
"Vipera cf. ammodytes" = Vipera (Vipera) ammodytes1 Linnaeus 1758 sand viper
Mammalia
 Chiroptera -
Chiroptera indet.2
Chiroptera indet.2 Blumenbach 1779 bat
 Theriamorpha - Soricidae
Crocidura kornfeldi2, Neomys sp.2
Crocidura kornfeldi2 Kormos 1934 white-toothed shrew
Neomys sp.2 Kaup 1829 water shrew
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Lepus terraerubrae5
Lepus terraerubrae5 hare
7 p3, 13 P2, 2 (semi)adult il, 3 (semi)adult II, and several molariform cheek teeth, which have not been studied.
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Cricetulus migratorius, Mimomys sp.3, Allophaiomys sp.3, Allophaiomys pliocaenicus3, Microtus (Allophaiomys) nutiensis, Microtus (Tibericola) eleniae n. sp.5, Lagurodon arankae, Pliomys sp.3
Cricetulus migratorius Pallas 1773 mouse
Mimomys sp.3 Forsyth-Major 1902 vole
Allophaiomys sp.3 Kormos 1932 vole
Allophaiomys pliocaenicus3 Kormos 1932 vole
Microtus (Tibericola) eleniae n. sp.5 van der Meulen and Doukas 2001 vole
Pliomys sp.3 Méhely 1914 mouse
 Rodentia - Muridae
"Apodemus sylvaticus" = Mus sylvaticus, Apodemus mystacinus
"Apodemus sylvaticus" = Mus sylvaticus Linnaeus 1758 wood mouse
Apodemus sylvaticus/flavicolis
Apodemus mystacinus Danford and Alston 1877 Eastern broad-toothed field mouse
 Rodentia - Gliridae
Myomimus cf. personatus3, Myomimus roachi5, "Glis sp." = Myoxus (Glis)5, Glis cf. sackdillingensis, Eliomys sp.3, Eliomys quercinus5
Myomimus cf. personatus3 Ognev 1924 dormouse
Myomimus roachi5 Bate 1937 Mouse-tailed dormouse
"Glis sp." = Myoxus (Glis)5 Brisson 1762 dormouse
Glis cf. sackdillingensis Heller 1930 dormouse
Eliomys sp.3 Wagner 1840 dormouse
Eliomys quercinus5 Linnaeus 1766 garden doormouse
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
Sciurus cf. anomalus
 Primates - Cercopithecidae
Macaca sp.
Macaca sp. Lacépède 1799 macaque
1Holman 1998; 2Reumer and Doukas 1985; 3Symeonidis et al. 1976; 4Szyndlar 1991; 5van der Meulen and Doukas 2001