Strelac-3 (Oligocene of Serbia and Montenegro)

Also known as Strelac 3

Where: Pirotska oblast , Serbia and Montenegro (43.0° N, 22.5° E: paleocoordinates 39.8° N, 20.1° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Oligocene (33.9 - 28.4 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; sandy, carbonaceous claystone

• The clay layer from which the fossils were collected is irregular in thickness(~ 20 cm) and more bluish/reddish. In this layer, coal inclusions, sand grains of different sizes and small pebbles have been observed.

Size class: macrofossils

Collected in 2010-2016

Primary reference: H. de Bruijn, Z. Marković, W. Wessels, M. Milivojević, and A. A. Weer. 2018. Rodent faunas from the Paleogene of south-east Serbia. Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments 98(3):441-458 [P. Coster/P. Coster/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 196838: authorized by Pauline Coster, entered by Pauline Coster on 10.10.2018, edited by Philip Mannion

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Material accessioned in the Natural History Museum in Belgrade
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Mammalia
 Theriamorpha - Herpetotheriidae
Peratherium sp.
Peratherium sp. Aymard 1850 marsupial
 Placentalia -
Artiodactyla indet.
Artiodactyla indet. even-toed ungulate
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Pseudocricetodon cf. montalbanensis2, Pseudocricetodon heissigi n. sp.2, Heterocricetodon serbicus2, Witenia cf. fusca1, Paracricetodon dehmi1, Paracricetodon gracilis1, Paracricetodon stojanovici1
Pseudocricetodon heissigi n. sp.2 Marković et al. 2019 mouse
Heterocricetodon serbicus2 Marković et al. 2019 mouse
Witenia cf. fusca1 de Bruijn et al. 2003 mouse
Paracricetodon dehmi1 Hrubesh 1957 mouse
Paracricetodon gracilis1 van de Weerd et al. 2018 mouse
Paracricetodon stojanovici1 van de Weerd et al. 2018 mouse
 Rodentia - Dipodidae
Heosminthus primiveris3
Heosminthus primiveris3 Wang 1985 rodent
 Rodentia - Diatomyidae
Inopinatia balkanica1
Inopinatia balkanica1 Marković et al. 2018 rodent
1de Bruijn et al. 2019; 2Marković et al. 2019; 3Wessels et al. 2019