Gomarethi, Chida-Karthli region: Pliocene, Georgia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Anancus arvernensis (Croizet and Jobert 1828)
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Dicerorhinus megarhinus (de Christol 1835)
misspelling Dihoplus megarhinus
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hipparion crusafonti
Mammalia - Cervidae
Procapreolus sp. Schlosser 1929
Mammalia - Giraffidae
Giraffa sp. Brisson 1762
Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae
Ursus cf. arvernensis Croizet and Jobert 1828
see common names

Geography
Country:Georgia State/province:Karthli
Coordinates: 41.9° North, 44.4° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:41.9° North, 46.0° 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
Stratigraphy comments: Middle to earliest part of the Late Pliocene. Continental deposits.
Lithology and environment
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Taxonomic list comments:'Un Mastodonte anacoide' in the text has been taken to mean Anancus arvernensis, which is shown in Figure 1.
Metadata
Database number:40393
Authorizer:A. Turner Enterer:H. O'Regan
Modifier:H. O'Regan Research group:PACED
Created:2004-06-23 06:30:44 Last modified:2004-06-23 09:37:21
Access level:the public Released:2004-06-23 06:30:44
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
10898.PACED L. Gabounia. 1974. A propos du Villafranchian du Caucase. Memoires du Bureau de Recherches Geologiques et Minieres 78(1):145-148 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan]