Choremi 3 (Pleistocene of Greece)

Where: Peloponnesos, Greece (37.4° N, 22.1° E: paleocoordinates 37.4° N, 22.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Lignite II Member (Choremi Formation), Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.1 Ma)

Environment/lithology: lacustrine - large; lignite

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collected by Doukas, Theocharopoulos, de Bruijn in 1995

Collection methods: sieve, ,

Primary reference: N. van Vugt, H. de Bruijn, T. Kolfschoten and C. G. Langereis. 2000. Magneto- and cyclostratigraphy and mammal-fauna’s of the Pleistocene lacustrine Megalopolis Basin, Peloponnesos, Greece. Geol. Ultrajectina 69-92 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 200081: authorized by Evangelos Vlachos, entered by Evangelos Vlachos on 06.03.2019

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• The samples are rich in both botanical and faunal remains; mammalian fossils are, however, not very abundant
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Amphibia
 Salientia - Ranidae
Rana sp.
Rana sp. Linnaeus 1758 frog
Reptilia
 Squamata - Colubridae
Elaphe cf. longissima, cf. Coronella austriaca, Natrix sp.
Elaphe cf. longissima Laurenti 1768 colubrid snake
cf. Coronella austriaca Laurenti 1768 smooth snake
Natrix sp. Laurenti 1768 water snake
 Testudines - Emydidae
Emys orbicularis
Emys orbicularis Linnaeus 1758 European pond turtle
Mammalia
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
Mustelidae indet.
Mustelidae indet. Fischer 1817 mustelid carnivore
 Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae
Hippopotamus sp.
Hippopotamus sp. Linnaeus 1758 hippo
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Cervidae indet.
Cervidae indet. Gray 1821 deer
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Mimomys aff. savini, Pliomys aff. episcopalis
 Rodentia - Muridae
Muridae indet., Mus sp., "Apodemus cf. sylvaticus" = Mus sylvaticus
Muridae indet. Illiger 1811 mouse
Mus sp. Linnaeus 1758 house mouse
"Apodemus cf. sylvaticus" = Mus sylvaticus Linnaeus 1758 wood mouse
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
Sciurus cf. vulgaris
Sciurus cf. vulgaris Linnaeus 1758 Eurasian red squirrel
 Rodentia - Castoridae
Castor fiber
Castor fiber Linnaeus 1758 Eurasian beaver