Amphibians and reptiles from the late Miocene and early Pliocene of the Ptolemais area (Western Macedonia,Greece) |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Université Rennes, CNRS, Géosciences Rennes, UMR 6118, 35000 Rennes, France;2. Department of Earth Sciences, University of Turin, Via Valperga Caluso 35, 10125 Turin, Italy;3. Bayerische Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und Geologie, Richard-Wagner-Straße 10, 80333 München, Germany;4. Department of Ecology, Laboratory of Evolutionary Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava, Mlynská dolina, 84215 Bratislava, Slovakia;5. Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Edifici ICTA-ICP, Carrer de les Columnes s/n, Campus de la UAB, Cerdanyola del Vallès, 08193 Barcelona, Spain;1. Larbi Ben M''hidi University, Oum El Bouaghi. Algeria b Badji Mokhtar University, P.B. 12, 23000 Annaba. Algeria;2. Badji Mokhtar University, P.B. 12, 23000 Annaba. Algeria;3. Department of Geology, Faculty of Science, Benha University, Benha, Egypt;4. Dame du Lac 213, 3, rue Henri-Barbusse, 76300 Sotteville-lès-Rouen, France;1. Department of Geology, Faculty of Sciences, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran;2. Department of Geology, North Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran;3. Young Researchers and Elite Club, Mashhad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Mashhad, Iran;1. Institut des Sciences de l’Evolution, UMR5554 (CNRS, IRD, EPHE, Université de Montpellier), Campus Triolet, Place E.-Bataillon, 34090 Montpellier Cedex 05, France;2. Département de Géologie, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université Cheikh-Anta-Diop de Dakar, B.P. 5005, Dakar, Senegal;3. Laboratoire de Géologie de Lyon : Terre, Planète, Environnement, UMR CNRS 5276 (CNRS, ENS, Université Lyon 1), Campus de la Doua, 2, rue Raphaël Dubois, 69622 Villeurbanne Cedex, France;1. Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche e Geologiche, Università di Cagliari, 51, via Trentino, 09127 Cagliari, Italy;2. Centro Studi di Storia Naturale del Mediterraneo, Museo di Storia Naturale Aquilegia – GeoMuseo Monte Arci “Stefano Incani”, Via San Francesco, 09090 Masullas, Italy;3. P.AR.C., loc. S. Antine, 08030 Genoni, Italy;4. Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Università di Torino, 35, via Valperga Caluso, 10125 Torino, Italy;5. Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Edifici ICTA-ICP, Carrer de les Columnes s/n, Campus de la UAB, 08193 Cerdanyola del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain;1. Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, c/ Columnes s/n, Campus de la UAB, 08193 Cerdanyola del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain;2. Departament de Dinàmica de la Terra i de l’Oceà, Facultat de Ciències de La Terra, Universitat de Barcelona, c/ Martí i Franqués s/n, 08028, Barcelona, Spain;3. Institut Geomodels, Grup de Recerca Consolidat de Geodinàmica i Anàlisi de Conques, Universitat de Barcelona, c/ Martí i Franqués s/n, 08028, Barcelona, Spain;4. Department of Zoology, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Sakyo, Kyoto, 606-8502, Japan;5. Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ICREA), Pg. Lluís Companys 23, 08010, Barcelona, Spain;6. Unitat d’Antropologia Biològica, Departament de Biologia Animal, Biologia Vegetal i Ecologia, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Cerdanyola del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain;7. Division of Anthropology, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, NY 10024, USA;8. New York Consortium in Evolutionary Primatology, New York, USA |
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| Abstract: | We herein describe the amphibians and reptiles from the Ptolemais fossil assemblage, originating from 12 nearby localities in northwestern Greece, spanning from the late Miocene (MN 13) to the early Pliocene (MN 15). Amphibians are known exclusively of anurans, with the genera Latonia and Rana being identified, the latter constituting the oldest so far known record of that lineage in Greece. Turtles are represented by the testudinid cf. Testudo, whereas numerous other indeterminate testudinoids are known. Lizards include scincids, lacertids, and at least two anguids. Among them, the material referred to scincids and the anguid Anguis constitute one of only rather few such occurrences described in the fossil record of the Eastern Mediterranean. Snakes are represented by indeterminate “colubrines” and the genus Natrix. The different ages of the Ptolemais fossiliferous localities, along with their close geographic vicinity offer the opportunity to study potential survival/extinction patterns of its amphibians and reptiles across the Mio-Pliocene boundary, a time interval that has been crucial for European herpetofaunas. |
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| Keywords: | Amphibians Testudines Squamata Neogene Greece Amphibiens Reptiles Néogène Grèce |
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