Cernatu: Pliocene, Romania
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Mimomys sp.
Forsyth-Major 1902
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Radulescu and Samson 1985 | ||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Castoridae
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Trogontherium minus
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Radulescu and Samson 1985 | ||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Canidae indet.
Fischer de Waldheim 1817
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Radulescu and Samson 1985 | ||||||
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Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Arvernoceros cf. ardei
(Croizet and Jobert 1828)
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Radulescu and Samson 1985 | ||||||
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= Arvernoceros ardei
Croizet and Jobert 1828
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Radulescu and Samson 2001 | ||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Dicerorhinus cf. elatus
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Radulescu and Samson 1985 | ||||||
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= Stephanorhinus elatus
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Radulescu and Samson 2001 | ||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Romania |
| Coordinates: | 46.0° North, 26.0° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 46.1° North, 25.7° 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: | Targu-Secuiesc Basin | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Later than Araci and Iaras-2, but still Middle Pliocene. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Lithology description: Coarse sands. |
Taphonomy
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Cernatu-Cariera Robert | ||
| Database number: | 39843 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Turner | Enterer: | H. O'Regan |
| Modifier: | H. O'Regan | Research group: | PACED |
| Created: | 2004-06-09 03:51:50 | Last modified: | 2004-06-18 12:39:01 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-06-09 03:51:50 |
| 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] |
Secondary references:
| 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] |