Where: Moldova, Romania (46.2° N, 27.9° E: paleocoordinates 46.3° N, 27.6° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)
• Earliest Pliocene, Late Dacian, Gilbert Chron, Zanclean, over 4 million years old.
Environment/lithology:
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Primary reference: C. Radulescu and P.-M. Samson. 2001. Biochronology and evolution of the Early Pliocene to the Early Pleistocene mammalian faunas of Romania. Bollettino della Societa Paleontologica Italiana 40(2):285-291 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 39622: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 01.06.2004, edited by Lars van den Hoek Ostende
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Mammalia | |
Hipparion malustenense hipparionine horse | |
"Stephanorhinus" cf. leptorhinus rhinoceros | |
Talpa neagui n. sp.
Talpa neagui n. sp. Radulescu and Samson 1989 mole | |
"Castor praefiber" = Castor fiber Linnaeus 1758 Eurasian beaver
Romanocastor filipescui beaver
Zamolxifiber covurluensis beaver | |
Ochotona ursui pika | |
Trischizolagus dumitrescuae Radulesco and Samson 1967 rabbit |