Betfia 5: Early/Lower Pleistocene, Romania
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Cynalopex praecorsac
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Praealces latifrons
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Mammalia
- Chiroptera
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Chiroptera indet.
Blumenbach 1779
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Sciuridae
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Sciurus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Spermophilus primigenius
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Zapodidae
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Sicista praeloriger
Kormos 1930
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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 | ||||||||||
| Apodemus gr. sylvaticus | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Prolagurus pannonicus
Kormos 1930
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Microtus hintoni
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Microtus burgondiae
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Clethrionomys ex gr. glareolus
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| synonym of Myodes | ||||||||||
| Clethrionomys gr. glareolus | ||||||||||
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Mimomys pusillus
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Mimomys savini
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Allocricetus bursae
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Lagurus transylvanicus
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Cricetus cricetus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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| Cricetus cricteus praeglacialis | ||||||||||
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Pliomys episcopalis
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Pliomys lenki
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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
- Lagomorpha
- Ochotonidae
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Ochotona sp.
Link 1795
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Mammalia
- Soricidae
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Beremendia fissidens
(Petényi 1864)
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Sorex margaritodon
Kormos 1930
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Ursidae
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Ursus mediterraneus
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Ursus gombaszoegensis
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Mustelidae
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Mustela palerminea
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Putorius cf. stromeri
Kormos 1934
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Gulo schlosseri
Kormos 1914
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| synonym of Gulo gulo | ||||||||||
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Martes vetus
Kretzoi 1947
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Meles meles
(Linnaeus 1758)
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| Meles meles atavus | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Hyaenidae
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? Crocuta sp.
Erxleben 1777
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Felidae
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Homotherium moravicum
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Felis sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Felis cf. issiodorensis
Croizet and Jobert 1828
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| Felis (Lynx) cf. issiodorensis | ||||||||||
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= Lynx cf. issiodorensis
Croizet and Jobert 1828
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O'Regan 2003 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Canis mosbachensis
Soergel 1925
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Vulpes sp.
Frisch 1775
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| Vulpes (s.l.) sp. | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Bison schoetensacki
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Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Praemegaceros sp.
Portis 1920
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Capreolus sussenbornensis
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Equus ? mosbachensis
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| Equus sp. (? mosbachensis) | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Dicerorhinus etruscus
(Falconer 1868)
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| Dicerorhinus etruscus ssp. | ||||||||||
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= Stephanorhinus etruscus
Falconer 1868
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O'Regan 2003 | |||||||||
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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: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Early/Lower Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 2.58000 - 0.77400 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphy comments: Late Menapian (=Late Lower Pleistocene, approx. 1.05-1.00Ma) |
Lithology and environment
| Environment: | karst indet. |
Taphonomy
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
| 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: Sites discovered between 1966 and 1991 and excavated by the Bucharest Speleological Institute and the "Tarii Crisurilor" Museum of Oradea | |
| Taxonomic list comments:A rich fauna characterised by a marked turnover, due both to the presence of immigrants among the large mammals and to accelerating evolutionary changes in the different lineages of rodents. The high frequency of Leporidae, Cricetidae and lagurines, the prevalence of the genus Microtus and the scarcity of forest species, lead us to assign this fauna to a dry phase. The evolutionary level allows us to place it in the late Menapian. | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Betfia V Somleu Hill | ||
| Database number: | 33974 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Turner | Enterer: | H. O'Regan |
| Modifier: | H. O'Regan | Research group: | PACED |
| Created: | 2003-08-11 08:06:17 | Last modified: | 2003-08-27 11:19:00 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2003-08-11 08:06:17 |
| 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] |
Secondary references:
| 9580 | PACED | H. J. O'Regan. 2003. Reidentifications and synonomies of European mammals. [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/M. Uhen] |