Matasari-Bradetu: Pliocene, Romania

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Stephanorhinus etruscus (Falconer 1868)
see common names

Geography
Country:Romania
Coordinates: 44.9° North, 23.1° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:45.0° North, 22.8° 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 - 2.58800 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: Middle Pliocene, early Gauss chron.
Lithology and environment
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Taxonomic list comments:First occurrence of Stephanorhinus etruscus in the area.
Metadata
Database number:39683
Authorizer:A. Turner Enterer:H. O'Regan
Modifier:H. O'Regan Research group:PACED
Created:2004-06-03 08:08:53 Last modified:2004-06-03 11:08:54
Access level:the public Released:2004-06-03 08:08:53
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

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]