Komanos 1 low (A and B) (Pliocene of Greece)

Also known as KO1lowA&B

Where: Kozani, Greece (40.5° N, 21.8° E: paleocoordinates 40.3° N, 21.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Prolemais Formation, Ruscinian (5.3 - 3.2 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lignite

• This thick lignite layer contains an erosional surface that disappears laterally

Size classes: mesofossils, microfossils

Primary reference: K. Hordijk and H. de Bruijn. 2009. The succession of rodent faunas from the Mio/Pliocene lacustrine deposits of the Florina-Ptolemais-Servia Basin (Greece). Hellenic Journal of Geosciences 44:21-103 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 205084: authorized by Evangelos Vlachos, entered by Evangelos Vlachos on 04.10.2019

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Taxonomic list

Amphibia
 Salientia - Discoglossidae
Latonia sp. von Meyer 1843 painted frog
Mammalia
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
Tamias sp. Illinger 1811 chipmunk
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
 Rodentia - Gliridae
Glis minor Kowalski 1963 dormouse
 Rodentia - Muridae
Micromys steffensi van de Weerd 1979 harvest mouse
Apodemus atavus Eurasian field mouse
Occitanomys adroveri Thaler 1966 mouse