Zeli 2A+B (Pleistocene of Greece)

Also known as ZLI

Where: Greece (38.9° N, 22.3° E: paleocoordinates 38.9° N, 22.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Early/Lower Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.8 Ma)

• MNQ 20, on MNQ19/20 boundary, latest Villafranchian, Lower Pleistocene, Biharian.

Environment/lithology:

Size class: mesofossils

Primary reference: G. D. Koufos. 2001. The Villafranchian mammalian faunas and biochronology of Greece. Bollettino della Societa Paleontologica Italiana 40(2):217-223 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 34786: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 25.09.2003

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Rodentia - Muridae
Apodemus mystacinus Danford and Alston 1877 Eastern broad-toothed field mouse
"Apodemus sylvaticus" = Mus sylvaticus Linnaeus 1758 wood mouse
Apodemus sylvaticus/flavicolis
Micromys cf. minutus harvest mouse
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Lagurodon sp. Kretzoi 1956 mouse
Microtus sp. Schrank 1798 vole