Chisinau, Pliocene: Pliocene, Moldova

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Mammutidae
Mastodon borsoni Hays 1834
recombined as Mammut borsoni
see common names

Geography
Country:Moldova
Coordinates: 47.1° North, 28.9° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:47.2° North, 28.5° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
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: formerly Gunkulov monastary
Lithology and environment
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Kischinev, Kishinev
Database number:76560
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2007-11-23 11:20:57 Last modified:2007-11-23 13:20:57
Access level:the public Released:2007-11-23 11:20:57
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

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