Where: Greece (41.2° N, 23.5° E: paleocoordinates 40.9° N, 23.2° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Lefkon Formation, Turolian (8.7 - 5.3 Ma)
• approx. 100 m below the top of the Lefkon Fm.
Environment/lithology: alluvial fan; conglomerate and silty, carbonaceous sandstone
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 31924: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Erin Leckey on 29.05.2003, edited by Gemma Benevento and Evangelos Vlachos
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Osteichthyes indet. bony fish | |
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Anura indet. frog | |
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Squamata indet. squamates Specimen numbers from ref 70765: one fragment of a dentary (UU AM2 519), one fragment of tooth-bearing bone (UU AM2 520), one vertebra (UU AM2 521), and one fragment of a femur (UU AM2 522).
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? Cordylidae indet.3 Gray 1837 spinytail lizard one maxilla (UU AM2 507), two dentaries (UU AM2 508 and UU AM2 509), and one fragment of tooth-bearing bone (UU AM2 510).
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Serpentes indet.3 Linnaeus 1758 snake one dentary (UU AM2 516), 35 precloacal vertebrae (UU AM2 517) and 11 caudal vertebrae (UU AM2 518).
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Lacertidae indet.3 Bonaparte 1831 squamates one fragment of a maxilla (UU AM2 501), three dentaries (UU AM2 502, UU AM2 503 and UU AM2 504), and two fragments of tooth-bearing bones (UU AM2 505).
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Cricetus "sp. A" Leske 1779 mouse | |
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Pliopetaurista dehneli squirrel | |