Where: Rhodes, Greece (36.3° N, 28.1° E: paleocoordinates 36.1° N, 27.8° E)

• coordinate based on unpublished field data

When: MN 13 (7.2 - 4.9 Ma)

• Traditionally considered to be Pliocene, but the presence of Calomyscus and Pelomys rather suggest allocation to MN 13 (Doukas, 2005)

Environment/lithology: fissure fill

Primary reference: H. de Bruijn, M.R. Dawson, and P. Mein. 1970. Upper Pliocene Rodentia, Lagomorpha and Insectivora (Mammalia) from the isle of Rhodes (Greece). I, II and III. Proceedings van de Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen, Series B 73(5):535-584 [L. van den Hoek Ostende/L. van den Hoek Ostende]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 68046: authorized by Lars van den Hoek Ostende, entered by Lars van den Hoek Ostende on 29.12.2006, edited by Terri Cleary and Evangelos Vlachos

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