Cioburciu (Miocene of Moldova)

Where: Tighina Departement, Moldova (46.6° N, 29.7° E: paleocoordinates 46.9° N, 29.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)

• The original age is Meotian (or Meotic)

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; gray, green, sandy claystone

• sandy clays, green to gray

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: G. N. Macarovici. 1936. Restes de mammiferes fossiles de la Bessarabie meridionale. Ann. Sci. Univ. Jassy 22:349-367 [E. Fara/E. Fara/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 36143: authorized by Emmanuel Fara, entered by Emmanuel Fara on 14.01.2004, edited by Mark Uhen and Grace Varnham

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Reptilia
 Testudines - Testudinidae
"Testudo bessarabica" = Protestudo bessarabica1
"Testudo bessarabica" = Protestudo bessarabica1 Riabinin 1918 turtle
 Squamata - Anguidae
Ophisaurus cf. spinari2 Klembara 1979 glass lizard
 Squamata - Colubridae
Natrix sp.2 Laurenti 1768 water snake
Elaphe sp.2 Wagler 1833 colubrid snake
 Squamata - Crotalidae
Vipera sp.2 Laurenti 1768 pit viper
 Squamata - Lacertidae
Lacerta sp.2 Linnaeus 1758 squamates
Mammalia
 Tubulidentata - Orycteropodidae
Orycteropus gaudryi1 Forsyth Major 1888 aardvark
 Proboscidea - Deinotheriidae
"Dinotherium giganteum" = Deinotherium giganteum1
"Dinotherium giganteum" = Deinotherium giganteum1 Kaup 1829 deinothere
 Proboscidea - Mammutidae
"Mastodon pentelici" = Mammut1, "Mastodon sp." = Mammut1
"Mastodon pentelici" = Mammut1 mastodon
"Mastodon sp." = Mammut1 Blumenbach 1799 mastodon
 Carnivora - Hyaenidae
 Carnivora - Felidae
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
Mustela palaeattica1 Weithofer 1888 weasel
 Carnivora - Ailuridae
Simocyon primigenius1 Wagner 1858 red panda
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
"Hipparion gracile" = Hipparion depereti
"Hipparion gracile" = Hipparion depereti Sondaar 1974 hipparionine horse
skulls and limb bones
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Aceratherium incissivum, "Rhinoceros schleiermacheri" = Dihoplus schleiermacheri
Aceratherium incissivum rhinoceros
skulls and limb bones
"Rhinoceros schleiermacheri" = Dihoplus schleiermacheri Kaup 1834 rhinoceros
tooth Upper P3
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Cervus sp. Linnaeus 1758 deer
calcanea
 Artiodactyla - Giraffidae
Helladotherium duvernoyi Gaudry and Lartet 1856 giraffe
a proximal end of a metacarpal...
Palaeotragus sp.1 Gaudry 1861 giraffe
"Palaeotragus roueni" = Palaeotragus rouenii1 Gaudry 1861 giraffe
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Amphibia
 Caudata - Urodela
Mioproteus caucasicus2 Estes and Darevsky 1978 mudpuppy
 Salientia - Ranidae
Rana sp.2 Linnaeus 1758 frog