Rema Marmara: Turolian, Greece
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Testudines
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Testudinoidea indet.
Gray 1825
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Georgalis et al. 2024 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| a shell fragment (UU RMA 301) | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Lacertidae
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Lacertidae indet.
Bonaparte 1831
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Georgalis et al. 2024 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
| two dentaries (UU RMA 302 and UU RMA 303). | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Muridae
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Micromys bendai
van de Weerd 1979
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5 specimens | |||||||||
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Parapodemus gaudryi
(Dames 1883)
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7 specimens | |||||||||
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Occitanomys cf. neutrum
de Bruijn 1976
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Occitanomys brailloni
Michaux 1969
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Ochotonidae
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Prolagus michauxi
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
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Anura indet.
(Fischer von Waldheim 1813)
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Georgalis et al. 2024 | 8 specimens | ||||||||
| eight bone fragments (UU RMA 401–UU RMA 405) | ||||||||||
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Discoglossidae
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Latonia sp.
von Meyer 1843
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Sanchiz 1998 | |||||||||
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Pelobatidae
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Pelobates sp.
Wagler 1830
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Sanchiz 1998 | |||||||||
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Ostracoda
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Ostracoda indet.
Latreille 1802
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unclassified
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Foraminifera indet.
Eichwald 1830
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| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Greece |
| Coordinates: | 40.8° North, 24.0° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 40.5° North, 23.8° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Altitude: | 161 meters |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| *Period: | Tertiary | *Local age/stage: | Middle Turolian - 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 | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: lowermost unit of the middle/upper Turolian section | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | conglomerate |
| Secondary lithology: | silty claystone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: fluvial conglomerates, towards the top they show marine influence, and conglomerates are overlain by silty clays, travertinous limestones and gypsum. | |
| Environment: | marginal marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | mesofossils,microfossils |
| Disassociated minor elements: | all |
| Temporal resolution: | time-averaged |
| Spatial resolution: | allochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some macrofossils,difficult macrofossils |
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 32190 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy, E. Vlachos | Enterer: | E. Leckey, E. Vlachos |
| Modifier: | E. Leckey | Research group: | marine invertebrate,vertebrate |
| Created: | 2003-06-09 16:53:03 | Last modified: | 2003-06-12 12:35:49 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2003-06-09 16:53:03 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 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] |
Secondary references:
| 89503 | G. Georgalis, A. Villa, M. Ivanov and M. Delfino. 2024. New diverse amphibian and reptile assemblages from the late Neogene of northern Greece provide novel insights into the emergence of extant herpetofaunas of the southern Balkans. Swiss Journal of Palaeontology 143(34):1-91 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos] | |
| 50079 | B. Sanchiz. 1998. Salientia. In P. Wellnhofer (ed.), Handbuch der Palaoherpetologie 4 [C. Boyd/C. Boyd] |