Valea Graunceanului, Tetoiu 1 lower faunal horizon: Late Pliocene, Romania

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
    = Mammuthus meridionalis Nesti 1825
Radulesco and Samson 1990
Mammalia - Primates - Cercopithecidae
7 specimens
3 female skulls and one mandible, 1 male skull and 2 sets of back teeth.
    = Paradolichopithecus arvernensis Deperet 1929
Radulesco and Samson 1990
Paradolicopithecus arvernensis geticus.
Mammalia - Rodentia - Castoridae
Radulesco and Samson 1990
Castor plicidens Major 1874
Mammalia - Rodentia - Hystricidae
Mammalia - Pholidota - Manidae
Radulesco and Samson 1990
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Felis (Lynx) issiodorensis Croizet and Jobert 1828
    = Lynx issiodorensis Croizet and Jobert 1828
Radulesco and Samson 1990
Megantereon megantereon Croizet and Jobert 1828
2 specimens
1 deformed skull, 1 mandible.
2 specimens
1 upper canine, 1 mandible.
Mammalia - Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Hyaena perrieri Croizet and Jobert 1828
    = Pliocrocuta perrieri Kretzoi 1938
O'Regan 2003
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
2 specimens
2 mandible fragments.
Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae
Ursus etruscus Cuvier 1823
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
    = Dicerorhinus sp. Gloger 1841
Radulesco and Samson 1990
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus stenonis Cocchi 1867
Radulesco and Samson 1990
McKenna and Bell 1997
Mammalia - Suidae
Mammalia - Cervidae
Euctenoceros sp. Trouessart 1898
    = Eucladoceros sp. Falconer 1868
Radulesco and Samson 1990
Dama nestii Azzaroli 1947
Mammalia - Bovidae
Pliotragus ardeus (Deperet 1883)
Radulesco and Samson 1990
Gazella sp. Blaineville 1816
Mammalia - Giraffidae
Mitilanotherium inexspectatum Samson and Radulesco 1966
Radulesco and Samson 1990
Mammalia - Hippopotamidae
see common names

Geography
Country:Romania
Coordinates: 44.8° North, 23.9° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:43.7° North, 24.4° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Time
Period: Neogene Epoch: Pliocene
Stage: Piacenzian 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 6
Key time interval: Late Pliocene
Age range of interval: 3.6 - 2.58 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Late Pliocene, just before the Olduvai event (based on palaeomagnetism). Faunal comparison indicates that the Lower Faunal Horizon (Tetoiu 1) correlates with the upper part of the Khaprov faunal complex, upper MN17 (St Vallier Zone), probably equivalent to the Tiglian warm stage. It is suggested that Valea Graunceanului correlates with zone 5C of the Tiglian, and is a warmer pahse than that represnted by La Pietris.
Site is approximately 88m below the top of the section, at the base of a silty sand, about 1.5m thick.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: silty sandstone
Environment:fluvial-lacustrine indet.
Geology comments: The lower faunal horizon is in an approximately 20m thick bed consisting 'predominantly of silty sands and sand, levels with gravels and larger pebbles were also observed. These beds are rich in faunal remains.' 'The beds have an average dip of 1 to 2 degrees SE.'
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Associated major elements:many
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Valea Tetoi, Graunceanu
Database number:39846
Authorizer:A. Turner Enterer:H. O'Regan
Modifier:B. Allen Research group:PACED
Created:2004-06-09 06:37:57 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2004-06-09 06:37:57
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
11025.PACED A. Bolomey. 1965. Die fauna zweier villafrankischer Fundstellen in Rumaenien. Berichte der geologischen Gesellschaft der DDR, Berlin 10(1):77-88 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan]

Secondary references:

7584 M. C. McKenna and S. K. Bell. 1997. Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level 1-640 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]
9147 H. J. O'Regan. 2003. Reidentifications and synonymies of Eurasian faunas. [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan]
10805PACED C. Radulesco and P. Samson. 1990. The Plio-Pleistocene mammalian succession of the Oltet Valley, Dacic Basin, Romania. Quatarpalaontologie 8:225-232 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan]