Izvoru, Layer 9: 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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Bermendia fissidens
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Borsodia cf. hungarica
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Bogatschevia sturi
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Radulesco and Samson 1986 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
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Aves indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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Radulesco and Samson 1986 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
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Chelonia indet.
(Latreille 1800)
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| synonym of Testudines | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Talpidae
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Desmana nehringi
Kormos 1913
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Mammalia
- Soricidae
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Petenyia hungarica
Kormos 1934
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Leporidae
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cf. Hypolagus brachygnathus
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= Hypolagus brachygnathus
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Radulesco and Samson 1986 | |||||||||
| 1 upper incisor fragment. | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Mimomys sp.
Forsyth-Major 1902
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Mimomys ex gr. reidi
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Mimomys pitymyoides
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Mimomys coelodus
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Radulesco and Samson 1986 | 11 specimens | ||||||||
| Mimomys coelodus cf. coelodus | ||||||||||
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Clethrionomys cf. kretzoii
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Radulesco and Samson 1986 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| synonym of Myodes | ||||||||||
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Kislangia rex
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Sciuridae
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Citellus primigenius
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| synonym of Spermophilus | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Castoridae
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Trogontherium boisvilletti
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Pisces
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Pisces indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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| synonym of Osteichthyes | ||||||||||
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unclassified
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Mollusca indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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Bivalvia
- Unionida
- Unionidae
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Wenziella wilhelmi
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Radulesco and Samson 1986 | |||||||||
| synonym of Potomida | ||||||||||
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Wenziella pseudosturi
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Radulesco and Samson 1986 | |||||||||
| synonym of Potomida | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Romania | State/province: | Wallachia region | County: | Olt county |
| Coordinates: | 44.4° North, 24.2° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 44.5° North, 24.0° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Altitude: | 168 meters | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
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
| Regional bed: | Layer 9 | ||||
| Regional order: | bottom to top | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Lower Pleistocene.
'possibly corresponds to a phase of warming within the Eburonian (prior to horizon of Brielle), upper part of the Seneze zone).' (R&S, 1986). probably MN17. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | concretionary,green sandy siltstone |
| Environment: | fluvial-lacustrine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection,observed (not collected) |
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
| Taxonomic list comments:Arvicolidae are only represented by rhizodont species.
Mimomys coelodus/reidi is also reported (56 specimens). | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Izvoru-2 (microfaunal level) | ||
| Database number: | 36008 | ||
| Authorizer: | E. Fara, A. Turner | Enterer: | E. Fara, H. O'Regan |
| Modifier: | H. O'Regan | ||
| Created: | 2004-01-13 08:29:44 | Last modified: | 2004-06-01 07:25:20 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-01-13 08:29:44 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 9672. | 5% 6420 | M. Feru, C. Radulesco, and P. Samson. 1978. Biostratigraphie (micromammiferes) des depots plio-pleistocenes de la zone de Slatina (dep. d'Olt). Travaux de l'Institut de Speologie "Emile Racovitza", Bucharest 17:117-134 [E. Fara/E. Fara/J. Alroy] |
Secondary references:
| 10660 | PACED | C. Radulesco and P. Samson. 1986. Les Mammiferes du Pleistocene inferieur d'Izvoru (Departement d'Olt, Roumanie). Quatarpalaontologie 6:157-171 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan] |