Gura Galbena: Late/Upper Miocene, Moldova
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Mammutidae
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Mastodon borsoni
Hays 1834
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Belyaeva 1948 | |||||||||
| recombined as Mammut borsoni | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Felidae
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? Felis sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| a canine | ||||||||||
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Machairodus sp.
Kaup 1833
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Belyaeva 1948 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Suidae
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Sus major
Gervais 1848
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Belyaeva 1948 | |||||||||
| recombined as Microstonyx major | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Giraffidae
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Helladotherium duvernoyi
Gaudry and Lartet 1856
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Belyaeva 1948 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Damacerus bessarabica
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Belyaeva 1948 | |||||||||
| synonym of Cervavitus | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Gazella deperdita
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Belyaeva 1948 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Hipparion gracile
Guerin and Mein 1971
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Belyaeva 1948 | |||||||||
| synonym of Hipparion depereti | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Aceratherium schlosseri
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| molars | ||||||||||
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Aceratherium incisivum
(Cuvier 1824)
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Belyaeva 1948 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Leporidae
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Lepus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Belyaeva 1948 | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Moldova | State/province: | Tighina Departement |
| Coordinates: | 46.7° North, 28.7° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 47.0° North, 28.1° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Altitude: | 160 meters | ||
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Miocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 11.63000 - 5.33300 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphy comments: The original age is Meotian |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | gray,green sandy claystone |
| Lithology description: sandy clays, green to gray | |
| Environment: | fluvial-lacustrine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Disassociated minor elements: | all |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: material collected by Macarovici himself | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 36139 | ||
| Authorizer: | E. Fara, M. Uhen | Enterer: | E. Fara, M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | E. Fara | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2004-01-14 10:07:00 | Last modified: | 2004-01-14 12:07:00 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-01-14 10:07:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 9700. | 5% 48740 | G. N. Macarovici. 1936. Restes de mammiferes fossiles de la Bessarabie meridionale. Ann. Sci. Univ. Jassy 22:349-367 [E. Fara/E. Fara/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 24838 | E. I. Belyaeva. 1948. Catalogue of Tertiary Fossil Sites of the Land Mammals in the U.S.S.R. [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |