Chisinau (Miocene of Moldova)

Also known as Kischinev, Kishinev

Where: Moldova (47.1° N, 28.9° E: paleocoordinates 47.5° N, 27.9° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Sarmatian (12.7 - 11.6 Ma)

• middle Sarmatian

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: N. Macarovici. 1944. Cetaces du Sarmatien inferieur du Nord de la Moldavie et de la Bessarabie. Annales scientifiques de l'Universite de Jassy 30:133-140 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 57734: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 20.12.2005

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Ictitherium sarmaticum
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
"Lutra pontica" = Limnonyx pontica
"Lutra pontica" = Limnonyx pontica Nordmann 1860 otter
 Carnivora - Phocidae
Pontophoca simionescui n. gen. n. sp.5, Pontophoca sarmatica3, Histriophoca alekseevi3, "Phoca maeotica n. sp." = Cryptophoca maeotica7, "Cryptophoca maeotica" = Cryptophoca maeotica4, Praepusa vindobonensis3, Praepusa pannonica3, Monachopsis pontica3, Sarmatonectes sintsovi n. gen. n. sp.3, Manatus maeoticus, "Phoca" novorossica3, "Phoca" bessarabica
Pontophoca simionescui n. gen. n. sp.5 Kretzoi 1941 seal
[entered as Pontophoca simonescui]
Pontophoca sarmatica3 Alekseev 1924 seal
Histriophoca alekseevi3 Koretsky 2001 ribbon seal
"Phoca maeotica n. sp." = Cryptophoca maeotica7 Nordmann 1860 seal
"Cryptophoca maeotica" = Cryptophoca maeotica4 Nordmann 1860 seal
Praepusa vindobonensis3 Toula 1897 seal
Praepusa pannonica3 Kretzoi 1941 seal
Monachopsis pontica3 Eichwald 1850 seal
Sarmatonectes sintsovi n. gen. n. sp.3 Koretsky 2001 seal
Manatus maeoticus Eichwald 1850 seal
"Phoca" novorossica3 Alekseev 1924 seal
"Phoca" bessarabica Simonescu 1925 seal
 Cetacea -
Archaeocetus sp.
Archaeocetus sp. Sinzow 1898 whale
 Cetacea - Delphinidae
"Delphinapterus (Pachypleurus) nordmanni n. sp." = Lissodelphis nordmanni1, "Archaeocetus fockii" = Lissodelphis fockii
"Delphinapterus (Pachypleurus) nordmanni n. sp." = Lissodelphis nordmanni1 Brandt 1873 dolphin
"Archaeocetus fockii" = Lissodelphis fockii Brandt 1873 dolphin
 Cetacea - Kentriodontidae
"Champsodelphis fuchsii" = Kentriodon fuchsii, Sarmatodelphis moldavicus n. gen. n. sp.2
"Champsodelphis fuchsii" = Kentriodon fuchsii Brandt 1873 toothed whale
[entered as Champsodelphis fuschsii]
Sarmatodelphis moldavicus n. gen. n. sp.2 Kirpichnikov 1954 toothed whale
 Cetacea -
Champsodelphis sp., "Delphinus bessarabicus n. sp." = Champsodelphis bessarabicus7, "Phocaena euxinica n. sp." = Champsodelphis euxinicus7
Champsodelphis sp. Gervais 1852 toothed whale
"Delphinus bessarabicus n. sp." = Champsodelphis bessarabicus7 Nordmann 1860 toothed whale
"Phocaena euxinica n. sp." = Champsodelphis euxinicus7 Nordmann 1860 toothed whale
subspecies fossilis
 Cetacea - Eurhinodelphinidae
"Cyrtodelphis sp." = Schizodelphis
"Cyrtodelphis sp." = Schizodelphis Gervais 1861 toothed whale
 Cetacea -
Cetotherium klinderi n. sp.1, Cetotherium pusillum n. sp.7, Cetotherium priscum
Cetotherium klinderi n. sp.1 Brandt 1871 whale
Cetotherium pusillum n. sp.7 Nordmann 1860 whale
Cetotherium priscum Eichwald 1840 whale
Aves
 Anseriformes - Anatidae
Cygnus sp.6
Cygnus sp.6 Garsault 1764 swan
1Brandt 1873; 2Kirpichnikov 1954; 3Koretsky 2001; 4Koretsky and Ray 1994; 5Kretzoi 1941; 6Macarovici and Oescu 1942; 7Nordmann 1860