Rostov-na-donu: Late/Upper Pliocene, Russian Federation

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Pisces
Pisces indet. Linnaeus 1758
Belyaeva 1948
synonym of Osteichthyes
Reptilia
Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758
Belyaeva 1948
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Elephas meridionalis Nesti 1825
Belyaeva 1948
recombined as Mammuthus meridionalis
Elephas planifrons Falconer and Cautley 1846
Belyaeva 1948
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Mammutidae
Mastodon arvenensis
Belyaeva 1948
synonym of Mammut
Mammalia - Rodentia - Castoridae
Trogontherium sp. Fischer von Waldheim 1809
Belyaeva 1948
Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae
Ursus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Belyaeva 1948
Mammalia - Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Hyaena sp. Brisson 1762
Belyaeva 1948
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Machairodus sp. Kaup 1833
Belyaeva 1948
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Canis sp. Linnaeus 1758
Belyaeva 1948
Canis aff. lupus Linnaeus 1758
Belyaeva 1948
Mammalia - Cervidae
Cervus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Belyaeva 1948
Cervus aff. elaphus Linnaeus 1758
Belyaeva 1948
Libralces sp. Azzaroli 1952
Mammalia - Camelidae
Camelus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Belyaeva 1948
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus stenonis Cocchi 1867
Belyaeva 1948
recombined as Allohippus stenonis
cf. major
Hipparion sp. de Christol 1832
Belyaeva 1948
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Rhinoceros sp. Linnaeus 1758
Belyaeva 1948
Elasmotherium sp. Fischer 1808
Belyaeva 1948
see common names

Geography
Country:Russian Federation
Coordinates: 47.2° North, 39.7° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:47.4° North, 39.5° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Pliocene
Stage:Piacenzian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Late/Upper Pliocene
Age range of interval:3.60000 - 2.58000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: paludine layers
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Rostov-on-don
Database number:76530
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2007-11-23 07:43:20 Last modified:2018-08-10 09:56:44
Access level:the public Released:2007-11-23 07:43:20
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

61039. I. A. Vislobokova. 1986. Elks in the Pliocene of the USSR. Quartäpaläntologie 6:239-242 [M. Uhen/L. Craig/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

24838 E. I. Belyaeva. 1948. Catalogue of Tertiary Fossil Sites of the Land Mammals in the U.S.S.R. [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]