Elaiochoria 2 (Miocene of Greece)

Where: Greece (40.3° N, 23.2° E: paleocoordinates 40.1° N, 22.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: MN10–11 mammal zone, Turolian (8.7 - 5.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: fissure fill; lithology not reported

• lithified infilling of a limestone karst cavity

Size class: microfossils

Primary reference: P. Hulva, I. Horáček, and P. Benda. 2007. Molecules, morphometrics and new fossils provide an integrated view of the evolutionary history of Rhinopomatidae (Mammalia: Chiroptera). BMC Evolutionary Biology 7(165):1-15 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 219100: authorized by Evangelos Vlachos, entered by Evangelos Vlachos on 18.03.2021

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Chiroptera - Rhinolophidae
Rhinolophus delphinensis Gaillard 1899 horseshoe bat
 Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae
cf. Myotis sp. Kaup 1829 vesper bat
Rhinopoma aff. hardwickii Gray 1831 vesper bat