Also known as Varghis
Where: Romania (46.1° N, 25.5° E: paleocoordinates 46.0° N, 25.4° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)
• Middle Pliocene, MN15. In the Baraolt Bason, Brasov Depression.
Environment/lithology:
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: C. Radulescu and P. Samson. 1985. Pliocene and Pleistocene mammalian biostratigraphy in southeastern Transylvania (Romania). Travaux de l'Institut de Speologie "Emile Racovitza". 24:85-95 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 40114: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 18.06.2004, edited by Jonathan Marcot
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Dolichopithecus ruscinensis Depéret 1889 monkey | |
Dicerorhinus leptorhinus rhinoceros | |
Tapirus arvernensis Croizet and Jobert 1828 tapir | |
Sus minor pig | |
Metacervocerus cf. pardinensis Croizet and Jobert 1828 deer | |
"Parabos" cf. athanasiui antelope | |
Anancus arvernensis Croizet and Jobert 1828 gomphothere | |
Zygolophodon borsoni mastodon |