Karyidia (Miocene of Greece)

Also known as Karydia I + II (KAR)

Where: Thrace, Greece (41.0° N, 25.3° E: paleocoordinates 41.4° N, 24.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: MN 4 (16.9 - 16.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Reposited in the AMPG

Primary reference: C. Doukas and L.W. van den Hoek Ostende. 2006. Insectivores (Erinaceomorpha, Soricomorpha; Mammalia)from Karydia and Komotini (Thrace, Greece; MN 4/5). Beiträge zur Paläontologie 30:109-131 [L. van den Hoek Ostende/L. van den Hoek Ostende]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 69435: authorized by Lars van den Hoek Ostende, entered by Lars van den Hoek Ostende on 26.02.2007, edited by Evangelos Vlachos and Terri Cleary

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Taxonomic list

Amphibia
 Salientia -
Anura indet.2 Fischer von Waldheim 1813 frog
KR2: a le humerus (UU KR2 5015) and a fragment of radioulna (UU KR2 5016). KR3: a premaxilla (AMPG KR3 003), an ilium (AMPG KR3 024), and eight phalanxes (AMPG KR3 006 and AMPG KR3 023).
Latonia cf. gigantea2 Lartet 1851 frog
KR3: 15 maxillae (AMPG KR3 004, AMPG KR3 005, AMPG KR3 014–AMPG KR3 016, AMPG KR3 027, AMPG KR3 030, AMPG KR3 048–AMPG KR3 055), a frontoparietal (AMPG KR3 038), two praearticulars (AMPG KR3 028 and AMPG KR3 029), two trunk vertebrae (AMPG KR3 031 and AMPG KR3 033), a sacral vertebra (AMPG KR3 032), and four ilia (AMPG KR3 011, AMPG KR3 026, AMPG KR3 044, and AMPG KR3 045).
 Caudata - Urodela
Urodela indet.2 Duméril 1805 salamander
KR3: a tibia (AMPG KR3 037).
Mammalia
 Rodentia - Gliridae
Miodyromys cf. praecox3 Wu 1993 dormouse
Glirulus (Paraglirulus) agelakisi3 Van der Meulen and De Bruijn 1982 dormouse
Seorsumuscardinus alpinus3 de Bruijn 1998 dormouse
Glis galitopouli3 Van der Meulen and de Bruijn 1982 dormouse
Glirudinus gracilis3 Dehm 1950 dormouse
Glirulus (Glirulus) diremptus3 Mayr 1979 Japanese dormouse
 Rodentia - Anomalomyidae
Anomalomys aliveriensis3 Klein Hofmeijer and de Bruijn 1985 rodent
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
 Rodentia - Eomyidae
Ligerimys sp.3 Schaub 1951 rodent
 Rodentia - Muridae
Debruijnia kostakii n. sp.1 de Bruijn 2017 blind mole
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Democricetodon franconicus3 Fahlbusch 1966 mouse
"Democricetodon gracilis" = Democricetodon minor gracilis3 Fahlbusch 1964 mouse
Democricetodon cf. gaillardi3 Schaub 1925 mouse
Cricetodon aliveriensis3 Klein Hofmeijer and de Bruijn 1988 mouse
cf. Deperetomys sp.3 Mein and Freudenthal 1971 mouse
Karydomys symeonidisi n. sp.3 Theocharopoulos 2000 mouse
Karydomys boskosi n. sp.4 Theocharopoulos 2000 mouse
Eumyarion aff. latior3 Schaub and Zapfe 1953 mouse
"Mirabella tuberosa" = Mirrabella tuberosa3 de Bruijn et al. 1987 mouse
 Theriamorpha - Dimylidae
Plesiodimylus aff. crassidens Engesser 1980 placental
 Theriamorpha - Erinaceidae
Galerix kostakii n. sp. Doukas and van den Hoek Ostende 2006 hedgehog
 Theriamorpha - Soricidae
Heterosorex sp. Gaillard 1915 shrew
Paenelimnoecus sp. Baudelot 1972 red-toothed shrew
 Theriamorpha - Plesiosoricidae
Plesiosorex sp. Pomel 1848 placental
 Theriamorpha - Talpidae
Myxomygale cf. hutchisoni Ziegler 1985 mole
Desmanodon antiquus Ziegler 1985 mole
Reptilia
 Testudines -
Testudines indet.2 Batsch 1788 turtle
KR2: three shell fragments (UU KR2 5001–UU KR2 5003).
 Squamata -
Squamata indet.2 squamates
KR3: a caudal vertebra (AMPG KR3 025) and an osteoderm (AMPG KR3 009).
 Serpentes -
Serpentes indet.2 snake
KR2: a cloacal or anterior caudal vertebra (UU KR2 5022), two fragmen- tary vertebrae (UU KR2 5023 and UU KR2 5024), and a cloacal or anterior caudal vertebra (UU KR2 5021). KR3: a fragment of a pterygoid (AMPG KR3 013), and two posterior caudal vertebrae (AMPG KR3 021 and AMPG KR3 022).
 Squamata - Colubridae
Colubridae indet.2 Oppel 1811 colubrid snake
KR2: a posterior trunk vertebra (UU KR2 5018), a posterior trunk vertebra (UU KR2 5019), a caudal vertebra (UU KR2 5025), and a fragmentary vertebra (UU KR2 5020). KR3: a frag- ment of a trunk vertebra (AMPG KR3 020).
 Squamata - Lacertidae
Lacertidae indet.2 Bonaparte 1831 squamates
KR3: two maxillae (AMPG KR3 017–AMPG KR3 018) and an isolated tooth (AMPG KR3 007).
 Squamata - Anguidae
Anguinae indet.2 Gray 1825 squamates
KR2: seven oste- oderms (UU KR2 5006–UU KR2 5013). KR3: 11 osteoderms (AMPG KR3 001, AMPG KR3 002, AMPG KR3 008, AMPG KR3 019, AMPG KR3 039–AMPG KR3 043, AMPG KR3 046, AMPG KR3 047, AMPG KR3 056, and AMPG KR3 057).
cf. Ophisaurus sp.2 Daudin 1803 glass lizard
KR3: a tooth (AMPG KR3 035) and a trunk vertebra (AMPG KR3 034).
 Squamata -
Scincomorpha indet.2 squamates
KR3: a dentary (AMPG KR3 010).