Pikermi (small mammals) (Miocene of Greece)

Where: Attica, Greece (38.0° N, 24.0° E: paleocoordinates 37.7° N, 23.7° E)

• coordinate based on unpublished field data

When: MN 12 (7.8 - 7.2 Ma)

• Twelve metres above the lens containing large mammals

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Reposited in the AMPG

Primary reference: C. G. Rümke. 1976. Insectivora from Pikermi and Biodrak (Greece). Proceedings van de Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, Series B 79(4):256-270 [L. van den Hoek Ostende/L. van den Hoek Ostende]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 68214: authorized by Lars van den Hoek Ostende, entered by Lars van den Hoek Ostende on 08.01.2007, edited by Evangelos Vlachos

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Theriamorpha - Talpidae
Desmanella dubia n. sp. Rümke 1976 mole
 Theriamorpha - Erinaceidae
"Galerix moedlingensis" = Schizogalerix moedlingensis, "Galerix atticus n. sp." = Schizogalerix zapfei
"Galerix moedlingensis" = Schizogalerix moedlingensis Rabeder 1973 hedgehog
"Galerix atticus n. sp." = Schizogalerix zapfei Bachmayer and Wilson 1970 hedgehog
 Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae
Prolagus cf. crusafonti López Martinez 1977 pika
Three mandible fragments: PK 762 with diastema, without teeth; PK 763 with P4, Mi and the trigonid of M2, and PK 721 with P3. Five lower P3, PK 711, 713, 719, 721 and 723. Three right P2, PK 733, 735, 736. Right P3, PK 764. Right P4, PK 765 and left D4, PK 761.
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Alilepus sp. Dice 1931 rabbit
A fragmentary left P3, PK 772. A right D3, PK 771.