"Moldavian Roussillion", Moldova (Pliocene of Moldova)

Where: Moldova (45.5° N, 29.0° E: paleocoordinates 45.7° N, 28.7° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: MN 15 (4.2 - 3.2 Ma)

• Lower Pliocene, Middle Ruscinian. The actual localities the material comes from is not known, as it was collected in the early 20th century and the stratigraphic information is lost. However, the assemblages are important as they contain several species that haven't been found from other localities. It has all been entered as one faunal list (as presented in the paper).

Environment/lithology:

• In the Karboliya alluvium.

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Small mammals have been collected from the alluvium but are not listed here.

Primary reference: E. A. Vangengeim, I. A. Vislobokova, and M. V. Sotnikova. 1998. Large Ruscinian Mammalia in the Territory of the Former Soviet Union. Stratigraphy and Geological Correlation 6(4):368-382 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 50942: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 25.05.2005, edited by Jonathan Marcot

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Taxonomic list

• Composite list from several localities which have not been rediscovered/identified.
Mammalia
 Primates - Cercopithecidae
Macaca sp. Lacépède 1799 macaque
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hipparion sp. de Christol 1832 hipparionine horse
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Paracamelus alexejevi Khavesson 1950 camel
 Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae
Hippopotamus sp. Linnaeus 1758 hippo
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Procapreolus cf. cusanus Croizet and Jobert 1928 deer
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Parabos boodon Gervais 1853 antelope
 Proboscidea - Mammutidae