Putna (Pliocene of Romania)
Where: Suceava, Romania (47.0° N, 25.0° E: paleocoordinates 46.8° N, 24.9° E)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)
• Found in the Sarmat Pliocene zone
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified sandstone
• Fossils are described as coming from a horizon of sandstone and chalk, from above this horizon from a conglomerate of quartz sandstone and crystal slate, and from below it in white sandstone and chalk. These areas are unnamed but described in the text.
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: trace
Primary reference: V. Barbu, and G. Alexandrescu. 1960. Ueber einen natuerlichen hirnhoehlenabdruck von Hipparion. Revue de geologie et de geographie 4(1):91-100 [J. Hunter/M. Hall/J. Hunter]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 34620: authorized by John Hunter, entered by Meg Hall on 12.09.2003
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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unclassified | |
Mammalia | |
"Hipparion gracile" = Hipparion depereti
"Hipparion gracile" = Hipparion depereti Sondaar 1974 hipparionine horse teeth and a good brain endocast were found
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"? Rhinoceros schleiermacheri" = Dihoplus schleiermacheri
"? Rhinoceros schleiermacheri" = Dihoplus schleiermacheri Kaup 1834 rhinoceros | |
Gastropoda | |
Barbotella intermedia snail
Barbotella hoernesi snail | |
Planorbarius sp. Dumeril 1806 snail | |
Cerithium rubiginosum cerith snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Unio wetzleri freshwater mussel
Unio rumanus freshwater mussel
Psilunio subhoernesi freshwater mussel | |
Mactra fabreana clam
Mactra bulgarica clam
Mactra caspia clam
Mactra pallasii clam
Mactra orbiculata clam | |
Cardium fittoni cockle |