Mesi-1 (Miocene of Greece)

Where: Thraki, Greece (41.0° N, 25.2° E: paleocoordinates 41.3° N, 24.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; yellow, sandy limestone

• yellow sandy limestone

Size classes: mesofossils, microfossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression

Collected in 1992

Collection methods: sieve,

Primary reference: G. E. Syrides, K. K. Koliadimou, and G. D. Koufos. 1997. New Neogene molluscan and mammalian sites from Thrace, Greece. Comptes rendus de l'Académie des sciences. Série 2. Sciences de la terre et des planètes 324(5):427-433 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 205294: authorized by Evangelos Vlachos, entered by Evangelos Vlachos on 10.10.2019

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Bivalvia
 Carditida - Lymnocardiidae
"Limnocardiidae indet." = Lymnocardiidae
"Limnocardiidae indet." = Lymnocardiidae Stoliczka 1870 clam
 Cardiida - Dreissenidae
Gastropoda
 Neritoidea - Neritidae
Theodoxus sp. Monfort 1810 snail
 Cerithioidea - Melanopsidae
Melanopsis sp. Férussac 1807 snail