Lefkon locality mammals (Miocene of Greece)

Where: Greece (41.1° N, 23.5° E: paleocoordinates 40.8° N, 23.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Lefkon Formation, MN 10 (9.7 - 8.7 Ma)

• within MN 10

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; conglomerate and claystone

• A polymict poorly sorted conglomerate containing pebbles of schist, gneiss and granite. This coarse-grained series grades upwards into arkosic sands and finally into clays with occasional lignites. Within the top part of the formation, two "landslide" breccias occur. The lower of these consists of metamorphic rocks, the upper one of granite.

Size class: mesofossils

Primary reference: A. Armour-Brown, H. de Bruijn, C. Maniati, G. Siatos, and P. Niesen. 1977. The Geology of the Neogene sediments north of Serrai and the use of rodent faunas for biostratigraphic control. VI Colloquium on the Geology of the Aegean Region; Athens 1977, Proceedings 2:615-622 [J. Alroy/E. Leckey/E. Leckey]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 31223: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Erin Leckey on 24.04.2003, edited by Evangelos Vlachos

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Rodentia - Gliridae
Vasseuromys pannonicus1 Kretzoi 1978 dormouse
Vasseuromys+Eliomys+Myomimus=6 specimens
Myomimus maritsensis1 de Bruijn et al. 1970 dormouse
Vasseuromys+Eliomys+Myomimus=6 specimens
Eliomys aff. truci Mein and Michaux 1970 dormouse
Vasseuromys+Eliomys+Myomimus=6 specimens
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
 Rodentia - Castoridae
Castoridae indet.1 Gray 1821 beaver
 Rodentia - Muridae
Progonomys cathalai Schaub 1938 mouse
Parapodemus cf. lugdunensis1 Schaub 1938 mouse
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Kowalskia intermedia1 Fejfar 1970 mouse
Byzantinia sp. de Bruijn 1976 mouse
Byzantinia+Kowalskia=13 specimens
 Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae
Prolagus sp.1 Pomel 1853 pika
 Theriamorpha - Erinaceidae
Schizogalerix sp.2 Engesser 1980 hedgehog
4 or less specimens
 Theriamorpha - Soricidae
Amblycoptus sp.2 Kormos 1926 red-toothed shrew
4 or less specimens
 Theriamorpha - Talpidae
Desmanella dubia3 Rümke 1976 mole
4 or less specimens