Notio 1 (Pliocene of Greece)

Also known as NO1

Where: Kozani, Greece (40.4° N, 21.8° E: paleocoordinates 40.3° N, 21.7° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Ruscinian (5.3 - 3.2 Ma)

Environment/lithology: fluvial; gray claystone

• This bed is of supposedly fluviatile origin and also contains some fragmentary remains of larger mammals (i.e. Dolichopithecus).
• The fossiliferous bed is, in contrast to the other levels, a rather thick (40 cm) grey clay lens containing mollusc fragments.

Size classes: macrofossils, 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 205081: authorized by Evangelos Vlachos, entered by Evangelos Vlachos on 04.10.2019

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Scinciformata indet.
Mammalia
 Rodentia - Castoridae
Castoridae indet.
Castoridae indet. Gray 1821 beaver
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
Sciurus anomalus
 Rodentia - Muridae
Apodemus dominans, Apodemus atavus, Rhagapodemus frequens, Occitanomys magnus
Apodemus dominans Eurasian field mouse
Apodemus atavus Eurasian field mouse
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Prospalax priscus, Propliomys hungaricus, Dolomys cf. nehringi
 Rodentia - Gliridae
Glis minor, Myomimus aff. maritsensis
Glis minor Kowalski 1963 dormouse
Myomimus aff. maritsensis de Bruijn et al. 1970 dormouse
Reptilia
 Squamata -
Squamata indet.
Squamata indet. squamates
 Squamata - Scincidae
Scincidae indet.
Scincidae indet. Gray 1825 skink
 Squamata - Anguidae
Anguidae indet., Anguis sp.
Anguidae indet. Gray 1825 squamates
Anguis sp. Linnaeus 1758 slow worm
 Squamata - Lacertidae
Lacertidae indet.
Lacertidae indet. Bonaparte 1831 squamates
 Squamata -
Alethinophidia indet., Caenophidia indet.
Alethinophidia indet. Nopcsa 1923 snake
 Squamata - Colubridae
Colubridae indet., Colubrinae indet., Natrix sp., Natricinae indet.
Colubridae indet. Oppel 1811 colubrid snake
Colubrinae indet. Oppel 1811 colubrid snake
Natrix sp. Laurenti 1768 water snake
Natricinae indet. Bonaparte 1838 colubrid snake
 Testudines -
Testudinoidea indet.
Testudinoidea indet. Gray 1825 turtle
 Testudines - Testudinidae
cf. Testudo sp.
cf. Testudo sp. Linnaeus 1758 turtle
Amphibia
 Salientia -
Anura indet., Latonia sp.
Latonia sp. von Meyer 1843 frog
 Salientia - Ranidae
Ranidae indet., Rana sp.
Ranidae indet. Rafinesque 1814 frog
Rana sp. Linnaeus 1758 frog