Chisinau: Sarmatian, Moldova

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Anseriformes - Anatidae
Cygnus sp. Garsault 1764
Macarovici and Oescu 1942
Mammalia - Carnivora - Phocidae
Manatus maeoticus Eichwald 1850
invalid subgroup of Phocadae
Praepusa vindobonensis (Toula 1897)
Koretsky 2001
Praepusa pannonica Kretzoi 1941
Koretsky 2001
Histriophoca alekseevi Koretsky 2001
Koretsky 2001
Monachopsis pontica (Eichwald 1850)
Koretsky 2001
Phoca pontica Eichwald 1850
    = Cryptophoca maeotica Nordmann 1860
Koretsky and Ray 1994
Phoca maeotica n. sp. Nordmann 1860
Nordmann 1860
recombined as Cryptophoca maeotica
Sarmatonectes sintsovi n. gen., n. sp. Koretsky 2001
Koretsky 2001
"Phoca" novorossica Alekseev 1924
Koretsky 2001
invalid subgroup of Phocadae
"Phoca" bessarabica Simonescu 1925
invalid subgroup of Phocadae
Pontophoca sarmatica (Alekseev 1924)
Koretsky 2001
Pontophoca simionescui n. gen., n. sp. Kretzoi 1941
Kretzoi 1941
[entered as Pontophoca simonescui]
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Lutra pontica Nordmann 1860
recombined as Limnonyx pontica
Mammalia - Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Ictitherium sarmaticum
Mammalia - Cetacea - Delphinidae
Delphinapterus (Pachypleurus) nordmanni n. sp. Brandt 1873
Brandt 1873
recombined as Lissodelphis nordmanni
Archaeocetus fockii (Brandt 1873)
recombined as Lissodelphis fockii
Mammalia - Cetacea - Kentriodontidae
Sarmatodelphis moldavicus n. gen., n. sp. Kirpichnikov 1954
Kirpichnikov 1954
(1 measurement)
Champsodelphis fuchsii Brandt 1873
recombined as Kentriodon fuchsii
[entered as Champsodelphis fuschsii]
Mammalia - Cetacea
Champsodelphis sp. Gervais 1852
nomen dubium belonging to Odontoceti
Delphinus bessarabicus n. sp. Nordmann 1860
Nordmann 1860
nomen dubium belonging to Odontoceti
Phocaena euxinica n. sp. Nordmann 1860
Nordmann 1860
nomen dubium belonging to Odontoceti
subspecies fossilis
Mammalia - Cetacea - Eurhinodelphinidae
Cyrtodelphis sp. Abel 1900
synonym of Schizodelphis
Mammalia - Cetacea
Cetotherium klinderi n. sp. Brandt 1871
Brandt 1873
invalid subgroup of Chaeomysticeti
Cetotherium pusillum n. sp. Nordmann 1860
Nordmann 1860
invalid subgroup of Chaeomysticeti
Cetotherium priscum (Eichwald 1840)
nomen dubium belonging to Cetacea
Archaeocetus sp. Sinzow 1898
see common names

Geography
Country:Moldova
Coordinates: 47.1° North, 28.9° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:47.5° North, 27.9° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
Stage:Serravallian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5
Key time interval:Sarmatian
Age range of interval:12.80000 - 11.63000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: middle Sarmatian
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Kischinev, Kishinev
Database number:57734
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2005-12-20 08:03:04 Last modified:2014-03-20 13:07:51
Access level:the public Released:2005-12-20 08:03:04
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
15529. 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]

Secondary references:

11981 J. F. Brandt. 1873. Untersuchungen über die fossilen und subfossilen cetaceen Europa's. Mémoires de L'Académie Impériale des Sciences de Saint-Petersbourg, Series 7 20(1):1-372 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
50318 P. Goldin and D. Startsev. 2014. Brandtocetus, a new genus of baleen whales (Cetacea, Cetotheriidae) from the late Miocene of Crimea, Ukraine. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 34(2):419-433 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
10123 R. Kellogg. 1922. Pinnipeds from Miocene and Pleistocene deposits of California. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 13(4):23-132 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
12301 A. A. Kirpichnikov. 1954. Dva novykh roda delfinov iz sarmata SSSR. Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta 47:181-190 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
17253 I. Koretsky. 2001. Morphology and systematics of Miocene Phocinae (Mammalia: Carnivora) from Paratethys and the North Atlantic region. Geologica Hungarica Series Palaeontologica 54:1-109 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
16937 I. A. Koretsky and C. E. Ray. 1994. Cryptophoca, a new genus for Phoca maeotica (Mammalia: Pinnipedia: Phocinae), from upper Miocene deposits in the northern Black Sea region. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 107(1):17-26 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
16946 M. Kretzoi. 1941. Foka-maradvanyok az erdi Szarmatabol. Foldtani Kozlony 71:274-279 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
18761 N. Macarovici and C. V. Oescu. 1942. Quelques vertebres fossiles trouves dans les calcaires recifales de Chisinau (Bessarabie). A. R. Memoriile Sectiunii Stiintifice. Series III 17(3):351-382 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
24969 A. Nordmann. 1860. Palaentologie Sudresslands 1-360 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
24744 I. Simionescu. 1931. Romanian. Academia Romana Memoriile Sectiunii Stiintifice, Seria III 3:179-192 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
27036 I. Simionescu. 1943. Sur un delphinide Sarmatien de Roumanie. Academie Roumaine Bulletin de la Section Scientifique 25:40-43 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]