Latomi-1 (Pleistocene of Greece)

Where: Chios, Greece (38.4° N, 26.1° E: paleocoordinates 38.4° N, 26.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.1 Ma)

Environment/lithology: fissure fill; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Primary reference: G. Storch. 1975. Eine Mittelpleistozäne Nager-Fauna von der Insel Chios, Ägais (Mammalia, Rodentia). Senckenbergiana Biologica 56(4/6):165-189 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 204077: authorized by Evangelos Vlachos, entered by Evangelos Vlachos on 30.08.2019

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Taxonomic list

Amphibia
 Salientia - Bufonidae
Bufo viridis Laurenti 1768 European green toad
 Salientia - Ranidae
Rana sp. Linnaeus 1758 frog
 Salientia - Pelobatidae
Pelobates sp. Wagler 1830 spadefoot toad
Mammalia
 Rodentia - Gliridae
Myomimus roachi Bate 1937 Mouse-tailed dormouse
Dryomys nitedula Pallas 1778 dormouse
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
"Citellus cf. xanthoprymnus" = Spermophilus
"Citellus cf. xanthoprymnus" = Spermophilus ground squirrel
 Rodentia - Dipodidae
 Rodentia - Zapodidae
Sicista subtilis Pallas 1773 southern birch mouse
 Rodentia - Muridae
Apodemus sp. Kaup 1829 Eurasian field mouse
Apodemus mystacinus Danford and Alston 1877 Eastern broad-toothed field mouse
cf. Rattus sp. Fischer 1803 rat
Rattus rattus Linnaeus 1758 black rat
Mus sp. Linnaeus 1758 house mouse
Spalax nehringi blind mole
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Cricetulus migratorius Pallas 1773 mouse
Microtus guentheri Danford and Alston 1880 Günther's vole
Microtus arvalis Pallas 1779 common vole
 Placentalia -
Chiroptera indet. Blumenbach 1779 bat
Reptilia
 Squamata - Boidae
Eryx jaculus true sand boa
 Squamata - Crotalidae
Vipera sp. Laurenti 1768 pit viper
 Squamata - Colubridae
Colubrinae indet. Oppel 1811 colubrid snake
Natricinae indet. Bonaparte 1838 colubrid snake
 Squamata - Lacertidae
Lacertidae indet. Bonaparte 1831 squamates