Iaras-1: Pliocene, Romania
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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"Parabos" cf. athanasiui
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Hipparion malustenense
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= Hipparion cf. malustenense
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Tapiridae
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Tapirus arvernensis
Croizet and Jobert 1828
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Dicerorhinus leptorhinus
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| more hypsodont form | ||||||||||
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= Stephanorhinus cf. leptorhinus
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Gomphotheriidae
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Anancus arvernensis
(Croizet and Jobert 1828)
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Mammutidae
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Zygolophodon borsoni
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Geography
| Country: | Romania | County: | Baraolt Basin |
| Coordinates: | 45.9° North, 25.6° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 46.0° North, 25.3° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
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
| Regional section: | Baraolt Basin | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Late Early Pliocene (beginning of the Gauss Chron) (R&S, 2001). Middle Pliocene (MN15) (R&S, 1985). Iaras 1 = lower level, ferruginous sands.
In the Baraolt Basin, Brasov Depression. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Lithology description: ferruginous sands. |
Taphonomy
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
| Taxonomic list comments:Latest occurence of Ruscinian taxa. | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Iaras-Cariera Noua | ||
| Database number: | 39681 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Turner, J. Marcot | Enterer: | H. O'Regan, J. Marcot |
| Modifier: | H. O'Regan | Research group: | PACED |
| Created: | 2004-06-03 07:25:03 | Last modified: | 2004-06-18 11:36:03 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-06-03 07:25:03 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 10873. | PACED | C. Radulescu and P. Samson. 1985. Pliocene and Pleistocene mammalian biostratigraphy in southeastern Transylvania (Romania). Travaux de l'Institut de Speologie "Emile Racovitza". 24:85-95 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan] |
Secondary references:
| 62999 | E. Cregut-Bonnoure and E. Tsoukala. 2017. The Pliocene Artiodactyla and Proboscidea (Mammalia) from Gephyra (lower Axios valley, Macedonia, Greece). Discovery of a new boselaphine. Quaternary International [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos] | |
| 10720 | PACED | C. Radulescu and P.-M. Samson. 2001. Biochronology and evolution of the Early Pliocene to the Early Pleistocene mammalian faunas of Romania. Bollettino della Societa Paleontologica Italiana 40(2):285-291 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan] |