Dorkovo: MN 14, Bulgaria
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Mammutidae
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Mammut borsoni
(Hays 1834)
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Gomphotheriidae
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Anancus arvernensis
(Croizet and Jobert 1828)
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Hipparion crassum
Gervais 1859
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Stephanorhinus megarhinus
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Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Cervidae indet.
Gray 1821
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Bovidae indet.
Gray 1821
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Mammalia
- Suidae
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Suidae indet.
Gray 1821
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Hyaenidae
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Hyaenidae indet.
Gray 1821
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| "size of Chasmaporthetes" | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Ursidae
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Ursus ex gr. ruscinensis
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Mustelidae
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Mustelidae indet.
Fischer 1817
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Prosomys insuliferus
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Cercopithecidae
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Mesopithecus monspessulanus
(Gervais 1859)
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Dolichopithecus ruscinensis
Depéret 1889
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Geography
| Country: | Bulgaria |
| Coordinates: | 42.0° North, 24.1° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 41.8° North, 23.9° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Pliocene |
| Stage: | Zanclean | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | MN 14 | ||
| Age range of interval: | 4.90000 - 4.20000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: "an immense concentration of skeletons in a layer more than 1 m thick" | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Lithology description: none given | |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
| Geology comments: none given | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Degree of concentration: | -bonebed |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Articulated whole bodies: | many |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some genera |
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: material is in the National Museum of Natural History in Sofia
excavations were conducted from 1985 through 1987 | |
| Taxonomic list comments:"some 30 species" including birds, but only the large mammals and one rodent are listed | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | DKV | ||
| Database number: | 71061 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2007-04-16 21:26:16 | Last modified: | 2007-04-17 00:26:17 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2007-04-16 21:26:15 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 23813. | E. Delson, H. Thomas, and N. Spassov. 2005. Fossil Old World monkeys (Primates, Cercopithecidae) from the Pliocene of Dorkovo, Bulgaria. Geodiversitas 27(1):159-166 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |