Biodrak (Miocene of Greece)

Where: Biotia, Greece (38.3° N, 23.6° E: paleocoordinates 38.0° N, 23.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Vallesian (11.6 - 8.7 Ma)

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; lignite

Size classes: mesofossils, microfossils

Primary reference: H. de Bruijn. 1976. Vallesian and Turolian rodents from Biotia, Attica and Rhodes (Greece) I + II. Proceedings Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen, Series B. 79(5):361-384 [L. van den Hoek Ostende/L. van den Hoek Ostende]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 205342: authorized by Evangelos Vlachos, entered by Evangelos Vlachos on 11.10.2019

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Tribosphenida - Erinaceidae
Schizogalerix sp.1
Schizogalerix sp.1 Engesser 1980 hedgehog
 Soricomorpha - Soricidae
Crusafontina cf. endemica1
Crusafontina cf. endemica1 Gibert 1975 red-toothed shrew
 Rodentia - Gliridae
Miodyromys multicrestatus
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Byzantinia nikosi n. sp.
Byzantinia nikosi n. sp. de Bruijn 1976 mouse
 Rodentia - Muridae
Progonomys cathalai
Progonomys cathalai Schaub 1938 mouse
 Rodentia - Eomyidae
Eomyops sp.
Eomyops sp. Engesser 1979 rodent
Amphibia
 Salientia - Ranidae
Pelophylax sp.2
Pelophylax sp.2 Fitzinger 1843 frog
 Salientia -
Latonia sp.2
Latonia sp.2 von Meyer 1843 frog
1Doukas 2005; 2Sanchiz 1998