The Fossil Record of Crocodylians (Reptilia: Crocodylia) in Greece

The fossil record of crocodylians from Greece is reviewed herein. Currently absent from the extant herpetofauna of the country (and the whole Europe), however, fossil record attests that crocodylians were present, even if rare and poorly represented (only isolated teeth and one osteoderm have been found so far) during the Miocene. The oldest crocodylian fossils are known from the early Miocene (?MN3) of Lesvos, with slightly younger finds also occurring in the early Miocene (MN4) of Euboea. The youngest record from the country is known from the late Miocene (MN9) of Crete, representing also the youngest record of crocodylians in the northeastern Mediterranean