Tomea Eksi 1: Turolian, Greece

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Squamata
Squamata indet. Oppel 1811
Loreal et al. 2020
Reptilia - Lacertidae
Lacertidae indet. Bonaparte 1831
Loreal et al. 2020
Reptilia - Colubridae
Natricinae indet. Bonaparte 1838
Loreal et al. 2020
Reptilia
Caenophidia indet. (Hoffstetter 1939)
Loreal et al. 2020
Mammalia - Rodentia - Muridae
Pseudomeriones sp. Schaub 1934
Occitanomys debruijni (Sen et al. 1989)
Micromys bendai van de Weerd 1979
Apodemus gorafensis
Arvicanthis broekhuisi Hordijk and de Bruijn 2009
Mammalia - Talpidae
Talpa fossilis Petenyi 1864
Doukas 2005
Archaeodesmana getica
Doukas 2005
Mammalia - Soricidae
Blarinella dubia
Doukas 2005
Amphibia - Temnospondyli
Anura indet. (Fischer von Waldheim 1813)
Loreal et al. 2020
Latonia sp. von Meyer 1843
Loreal et al. 2020
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Ranidae
Ranidae indet. Rafinesque 1814
Loreal et al. 2020
see common names

Geography
Country:Greece State/province:Kozani County:Ptolemaida
Coordinates: 40.4° North, 21.8° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:40.2° North, 21.5° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Turolian
Age range of interval:8.70000 - 5.33300 m.y. ago
Age estimate:5.43 to 5.32 Ma (astronomical)
Stratigraphy
Formation:Komnina Member:Tomea Eksi
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lignite
Lithology description: rhythmic alternations of lacustrine (diatomaceous) marls and thin lignite seams or palaeosols
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:mesofossils,microfossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:TE1
Database number:205090
Authorizer:E. Vlachos Enterer:E. Vlachos
Modifier:E. Vlachos
Created:2019-10-04 09:12:54 Last modified:2019-10-04 09:16:49
Access level:the public Released:2019-10-04 09:12:54
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

70377. K. Hordijk and H. de Bruijn. 2009. The succession of rodent faunas from the Mio/Pliocene lacustrine deposits of the Florina-Ptolemais-Servia Basin (Greece). Hellenic Journal of Geosciences 44:21-103 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]

Secondary references:

73905 C. S. Doukas. 2005. Greece. In L. W. van den Hoek Ostende, C. S. Doukas, J. W. F. Reumer (eds.), The Fossil Record of the Eurasian Neogene Insectivores (Erinaceomorpha, Soricomorpha, Mammalia), Part I. Scripta Geologica Special Issue 5:99-112 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]
71812 E. Loreal, A. Villa, G. Georgalis and M. Delfino. 2020. Amphibians and reptiles from the late Miocene and early Pliocene of the Ptolemais area (Western Macedonia, Greece). Annales de Paléontologie 1-24 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]