Putna: Pliocene, Romania
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Paleoreas lindermayeri
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Oerithium andrejowskii
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Hydrobi vitrella
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Teodoxus stefanescui
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Helix mrazeci
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Hipparion gracile
Guerin and Mein 1971
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| synonym of Hipparion depereti | ||||||||||
| teeth and a good brain endocast were found | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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? Rhinoceros schleiermacheri
Kaup 1834
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| recombined as Dihoplus schleiermacheri | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Cardium fittoni
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Mactridae
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Mactra fabreana
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Mactra bulgarica
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Mactra caspia
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Mactra pallasii
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Mactra orbiculata
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Bivalvia
- Unionida
- Unionidae
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Psilunio subhoernesi
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Unio wetzleri
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Unio rumanus
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Gastropoda
- Turbinidae
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Barbotella intermedia
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Barbotella hoernesi
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Planorbidae
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Planorbarius sp.
Dumeril 1806
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Gastropoda
- Cerithiidae
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Cerithium rubiginosum
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| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Romania | State/province: | Suceava |
| Coordinates: | 47.0° North, 25.0° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 46.8° North, 24.9° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||
| Altitude: | 863 meters |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Pliocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Pliocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 5.33300 - 2.58000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphy comments: Found in the Sarmat Pliocene zone |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified sandstone |
| Lithology description: Fossils are described as coming from a horizon of sandstone and chalk, from above this horizon from a conglomerate of quartz sandstone and crystal slate, and from below it in white sandstone and chalk. These areas are unnamed but described in the text. | |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,trace |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Spatial orientation: | random |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 34620 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Hunter | Enterer: | M. Hall |
| Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2003-09-12 09:32:05 | Last modified: | 2006-08-14 01:24:30 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2003-09-12 09:32:05 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 9148. | 5% 43040 | V. Barbu, and G. Alexandrescu. 1960. Ueber einen natuerlichen hirnhoehlenabdruck von Hipparion. Revue de geologie et de geographie 4(1):91-100 [J. Hunter/M. Hall/J. Hunter] |