Betfia 11: Early/Lower Pleistocene, Romania
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Talpidae
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Talpa fossilis
Petenyi 1864
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Mammalia
- Soricidae
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Crocidura sp.
Wagler 1832
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Beremendia fissidens
(Petényi 1864)
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Episoriculus gibberodon
Petenyi 1864
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Petenyia hungarica
Kormos 1934
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Sorex praearaneus
Kormos 1934
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Sorex margaritodon
Kormos 1930
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Sorex ex gr. minutus
Linnaeus 1766
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Lagurus arankae
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Ungaromys cf. nanus
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Cricetus cricetus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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| C. cricetus nanus | ||||||||||
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Mimomys pusillus
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Clethrionomys ex gr. glareolus
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| synonym of Myodes | ||||||||||
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Clethrionomys sp.
Tilesius 1850
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| synonym of Myodes | ||||||||||
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Microtus pliocaenicus
(Kormos 1932)
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| original and current combination Allophaiomys pliocaenicus | ||||||||||
| M. (A.) pliocaenicus pliocaenicus | ||||||||||
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Prolagurus praepannonicus
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Allocricetus bursae
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Pliomys episcopalis
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Pliomys lenki
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Muridae
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Spalax sp.
Güldenstadt 1770
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Apodemus ex gr. sylvaticus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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| original and current combination Mus sylvaticus | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Zapodidae
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Sicista praeloriger
Kormos 1930
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Gliridae
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Glis sackdillingensis
Heller 1930
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Muscardinus dacicus
Kormos 1930
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Eliomys sp.
Wagner 1840
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| Eliomys sp. ? | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Sciuridae
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Spermophilus primigenius
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Sciurus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Ochotonidae
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Ochotona sp.
Link 1795
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Leporidae
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Lepus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Hypolagus brachygnathus
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Mammalia
- Chiroptera
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Chiroptera indet.
Blumenbach 1779
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Geography
| Country: | Romania | County: | Bihor |
| Coordinates: | 47.0° North, 22.0° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 46.9° North, 22.0° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| *Period: | Early/Lower Quaternary | *Epoch: | Early/Lower Pleistocene |
| *International age/stage: | Early/Lower Waalian - Middle Waalian | *Local age/stage: | Early/Lower Biharian |
| Key time interval: | Early/Lower Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 2.58000 - 0.77400 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphy comments: Similar age to Betfia 10, but faunally slightly more recent, probably Early-Middle Waalian (~1.35-1.3Ma). |
Lithology and environment
| Lithology description: A clay of terra-rossa type, the filling of a karstic fissure. | |
| Environment: | fissure fill |
| Geology comments: A clay of terra-rossa type, the filling of a karstic fissure. | |
Taphonomy
| Disassociated major elements: | many |
| Disassociated minor elements: | many |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | bulk,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
| Collection method comments: Caves discovered between 1966 and 1991 and excavated by the Bucharest Speleological Institute and the "Tarii Crisurilor" Museum of Oradea. | |
| Taxonomic list comments:Has a new lineage of lagurines and a variety of Microtus pliocaenicus morphotypes, plus Lagurus arankae specimens with a progressive structure, therefore is slightly later than Betfia 10. | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Betfia XI, Somleu Hill | ||
| Database number: | 32194 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Behrensmeyer | Enterer: | H. O'Regan |
| Modifier: | H. O'Regan | Research group: | PACED |
| Created: | 2003-06-10 04:13:54 | Last modified: | 2003-08-12 07:11:27 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2003-06-10 04:13:54 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 8655. | E. Terzea. 1996. Biochronology of the Pleistocene deposits at Betfia (Bihor, Romania). Acta Zoologica Cracovensia 39(1):531-540 [A. Behrensmeyer/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan] |