Ano Metochi 2: Turolian, Greece

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Osteichthyes
Osteichthyes indet. Huxley 1880
Reptilia - Squamata
Squamata indet. Oppel 1811
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).
Reptilia - Cordylidae
? Cordylidae indet. Gray 1837
Georgalis et al. 2017 4 elements
one maxilla (UU AM2 507), two dentaries (UU AM2 508 and UU AM2 509), and one fragment of tooth-bearing bone (UU AM2 510).
Reptilia - Anguidae
Anguidae indet. Gray 1825
Georgalis et al. 2017 1 element
one fragment of an osteoderm (UU AM2 513).
Ophisaurus sp. Daudin 1803
Georgalis et al. 2017 1 element
one fragment of a maxilla (UU AM2 512).
Reptilia
Serpentes indet. (Linnaeus 1758)
Georgalis et al. 2017 47 elements
one dentary (UU AM2 516), 35 precloacal vertebrae (UU AM2 517) and 11 caudal vertebrae (UU AM2 518).
Reptilia - Natricidae
Natrix sp. Laurenti 1768
Georgalis et al. 2017 24 elements
24 precloacal vertebrae (UU AM2 515).
Reptilia - Lacertidae
Lacertidae indet. Bonaparte 1831
Georgalis et al. 2017 6 elements
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).
Mammalia - Rodentia - Muridae
Muridae indet. Illiger 1811
    = Micromys bendai van de Weerd 1979
de Bruijn 1989
Micromys+Apodemus=16 specimens
Apodemus aff. dominans
    = Apodemus dominans
de Bruijn 1989
Micromys+Apodemus=16 specimens
Apodemus gudrunae van de Weerd 1976
de Bruijn 1989
Micromys+Apodemus=16 specimens
Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Pliopetaurista dehneli
1 specimen
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Cricetus informal sp. A
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae
Prolagus michauxi
de Bruijn 1989
Mammalia - Talpidae
Talpidae informal sp. A
Doukas 1989
1-2 specimens
Mammalia - Soricidae
Soricidae informal sp. B
Doukas 1989
1-2 specimens
Amphibia - Temnospondyli
Anura indet. (Fischer von Waldheim 1813)
see common names

Geography
Country:Greece
Coordinates: 41.2° North, 23.5° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:40.9° North, 23.2° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period: Neogene Epoch: Miocene
10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 6
*Period:Tertiary *Local age/stage:Late/Upper Turolian
Key time interval: Turolian
Age range of interval: 8.7 - 5.333 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Lefkon Local bed:2
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphy comments: approx. 100 m below the top of the Lefkon Fm.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: conglomerate
Secondary lithology: silty,carbonaceous sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: Unsorted arkosic polymict conglomerate, which interfingers with fine grained, better sorted arkosic sandstone, siltstone and mudstone with occasional marls and lignites. Occasional dark red loam beds.
Environment:alluvial fan
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:mesofossils
Temporal resolution:time-averaged
Spatial resolution:allochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:difficult macrofossils
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:31924
Authorizer:J. Alroy, E. Vlachos, G. Benevento Enterer:E. Leckey, G. Benevento, E. Vlachos
Modifier:E. Leckey Research group:vertebrate
Created:2003-05-29 09:19:00 Last modified:2004-02-05 10:58:28
Access level:the public Released:2003-05-29 09:19:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
8519. 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]

Secondary references:

8408 H. de Bruijn. 1989. Smaller mammals from the Upper Miocene and Lower Pliocene of the Strimon basin, Greece. Part 1. Rodentia and Lagomorpha. Bollettino della Societa Paleontologica Italiana 28(2-3):189-195 [J. Alroy/E. Leckey/E. Leckey]
84095% 15420C. S. Doukas. 1989. Smaller mammals from the Upper Miocene and Lower Pliocene of the Strimon basin, Greece. Part 2. Insectivora. Bollettino della Societa Palaeontologica Italiana 28(2-3):213-216 [J. Alroy/E. Leckey/E. Leckey]
70765 G. L. Georgalis, A. Villa, and M. Delfino. 2017. Fossil lizards and snakes from Ano Metochi – a diverse squamate fauna from the latest Miocene of northern Greece. Historical Biology 29(6):730-742 [G. Benevento/G. Benevento]