Silata, a new locality with micromammals from the Miocene / Pliocene boundary of the Chalkidiki peninsula, Macedonia, Greece

A new locality with micromammals has been recovered, named Silata, in Chalkidiki, Northern Greece. The sediments of the locality belong to the Silata Member of the Gonia Formation. The fauna includes two Chiroptera, four Insectivora, nine Rodentia and three Lagomorpha and is correlated to the boundary of Miocene/Pliocene (MN13/14). During the deposition of the fossiliferous sediments, the environment was open and generally dry, with the presence of some water spots in the area.