Mala Miliva (Miocene of Serbia and Montenegro)

Where: Serbia, Serbia and Montenegro (44.1° N, 21.4° E: paleocoordinates 43.8° N, 21.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Tortonian (11.6 - 7.2 Ma)

• The age of Lower Tortonian is not quite certain.

Environment/lithology: estuary or bay; coal and unlithified, black, carbonaceous claystone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: bulk

Primary reference: Z. Petronijevic. 1967. Srednjomiocenska i donjosarmatska (stajerska) fauna sisara Srbije; Die Mittelmiozäne und Untersarmatische (Steirische) Säugetierfauna Serbiens. (The middle Miocene and lower Sarmatian (Styrian) mammalian fauna of Serbia). CODEN: PLJUA9: Zagreb: Jugoslavenska Akademija Znanosti i Umjetnosti, 160 p. illus. (incl. geol. maps) [J. Alroy/S. Kuemmell/S. Kuemmell]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 39709: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Susanna Kümmell on 05.06.2004, edited by John Alroy

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Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Chalicotheriidae
Ancylotherium sp. Gaudry 1863 chalicothere
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Anchitherium aurelianense Cuvier 1825 anchitheriine horse
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821 antelope
Eotragus sansaniensis Lartet 1851 antelope
 Artiodactyla - Palaeomerycidae
Palaeomeryx kaupi von Meyer 1834 ruminant
 Artiodactyla - Lagomerycidae
Dicrocerus elegans Lartet 1837 ruminant
 Artiodactyla - Tragulidae
Dorcatherium vindobonense von Meyer 1846 chevrotain
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Conohyus simorrensis Lartet 1851 pig
ssp: simorrensis
Hyotherium sp. von Meyer 1834 pig
 Artiodactyla -
Taucanamo sansaniense Lartet 1851 even-toed ungulate
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
Mionictis dubia de Blainville 1841 otter
Martes munki marten
 Carnivora - Viverridae
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Gastropoda
 Stylommatophora - Helicidae
Helix sp. Linnaeus 1758 slug