Chryssavgi 1 (Miocene of Greece)

Where: Mygdonia, Greece (40.8° N, 23.1° E: paleocoordinates 40.1° N, 22.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: MN 7+8 mammal zone, Chryssavgi Formation (Pro-Mygdonia Group), Astaracian (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; condensed, brown claystone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Collected in 1991

Collection methods: quarrying, sieve,

Primary reference: Κ Koliadimou. 1996. [Palaeontological and biostratigraphical study of the Neogene/Quaternary micromammals of Mygdonia basin (Macedonia, Greece)]. Department Of Geology, Aristotle University Of Thessaloniki, Greece 1-465 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 205366: authorized by Evangelos Vlachos, entered by Evangelos Vlachos on 13.10.2019

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Theriamorpha - Talpidae
Desmanodon minor
Desmanodon minor Engesser 1980 mole
 Theriamorpha - Erinaceidae
cf. Schizogalerix sp.
cf. Schizogalerix sp. Engesser 1980 hedgehog
 Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae
Alloptox sp., Prolagus "n. sp."
Alloptox sp. Dawson 1961 pika
Prolagus "n. sp." Pomel 1853 pika
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Byzantinia bayraktepensis, Megacricetodon minor
Megacricetodon minor Lartet 1851 mouse
 Rodentia - Gliridae
Myomimus sp.
Myomimus sp. Ognev 1924 dormouse