Valea Roscai, Tetoiu 1 lower faunal horizon: Pliocene, Romania

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Rodentia - Castoridae
Trogontherium dacicum
medium sized form
Mammalia - Cervidae
Eucladoceros sp. Falconer 1868
Radulesco and Samson 1991
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Mammuthus (Archidiskodon) meridionalis (Nesti 1825)
some primitive dental features
see common names

Geography
Country:Romania
Coordinates: 44.8° North, 23.9° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:44.9° North, 23.6° 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
Local bed:Tetiou 1 lower faunal horizon
Local order:bottom to top
Regional section:Dacic Basin
Stratigraphy comments: Late Pliocene, just before the Olduvai event (based on palaeomagnetism). Faunal comparison indicates that the Lower Faunal Horizon (Tetoiu 1) correlates with the upper part of the Khaprov faunal complex, upper MN17 (St Vallier Zone), probably equivalent to the Tiglian warm stage.
Site is about 98m below the top of the section, and consists of a succession of sands 1m thick, fossil remains come from the base of these sands.
Lithology and environment
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: A succession of sands 1m thick, fossil remains come from the base of these sands.
Environment:fluvial-lacustrine indet.
Geology comments: The lower faunal horizon is in an approximately 20m thick bed consisting 'predominantly of silty sands and sand, levels with gravels and larger pebbles were also observed. These beds are rich in faunal remains.'
'The beds have an average dip of 1 to 2 degrees SE.'
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Taxonomic list comments:Trogontherium dacium was originally described as a subspecies of T. boisvilletti, but is regarded as a separate species in this publication.
Metadata
Database number:39844
Authorizer:A. Turner Enterer:H. O'Regan
Modifier:H. O'Regan Research group:PACED
Created:2004-06-09 06:15:32 Last modified:2004-06-09 11:28:50
Access level:the public Released:2004-06-09 06:15:32
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

10805.PACED C. Radulesco and P. Samson. 1990. The Plio-Pleistocene mammalian succession of the Oltet Valley, Dacic Basin, Romania. Quatarpalaontologie 8:225-232 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan]

Secondary references:

13067PACED C. Radulesco and P. Samson. 1991. Traces d'activite humaine a la limite Pliocene/Pleistocene dans le bassin Dacique (Roumanie). In E. Bonifay, B. Vandermeersch (eds.), Les Premiers Europeens. Edition du comite des Travaux Historiques et Scientifiques (CTHS) 203-207 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/M. Uhen]