Tourkovounia 1 (Pliocene of Greece)

Also known as TRK; Tourkobounia 1

Where: Greece (38.0° N, 23.7° E: paleocoordinates 37.9° N, 23.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Villanyian (3.2 - 2.6 Ma)

• Early Villanyian, Early/Middle Villafranchian, MNQ16, Pliocene

Environment/lithology: fissure fill; lithology not reported

Size class: mesofossils

Primary reference: G. D. Koufos. 2001. The Villafranchian mammalian faunas and biochronology of Greece. Bollettino della Societa Paleontologica Italiana 40(2):217-223 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 34589: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 11.09.2003, edited by Jason Head and Evangelos Vlachos

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Rodentia - Gliridae
Dryomimus cf. eliomyoides Kretzoi 1959 dormouse
Dryomys sp. Thomas 1906 dormouse
Glis sackdillingensis Heller 1930 dormouse
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
 Rodentia - Muridae
Apodemus dominans Eurasian field mouse
Orientalomys similis Argyropulo and Pidoplichka 1939 mouse
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
 Theriamorpha - Erinaceidae
Erinaceus sp.1 Linnaeus 1758 hedgehog
 Theriamorpha - Soricidae
Beremendia fissidens1 Petényi 1864 shrew
Episoriculus gibberodon1 Petenyi 1864 red-toothed shrew
Crocidura sp.1 Wagler 1832 white-toothed shrew
 Placentalia -
Chiroptera indet.1 Blumenbach 1779 bat
Reptilia
 Squamata -
Scolecophidia indet.2 Duméril and Bibron 1844 snake
 Squamata - Elapidae
Naja sp.2 Laurenti 1768 cobra
 Squamata - Crotalidae
Vipera indet.2 Laurenti 1768 pit viper
"2 species"
 Squamata - Colubridae
Malpolon sp.2 Fitzinger 1826 colubrid snake