Ilieni (Pliocene of Romania)

Where: Romania (45.9° N, 25.8° E: paleocoordinates 46.0° N, 25.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)

• Lignite bed. Pliocene.

Environment/lithology:

• lignite bed.

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: M. U. Feru, C. Radulescu, and P. Samson. 1983. Succession des Mammiferes Plio-Pleistocenes dans le Bassin Dacique (Roumanie). Ann. Inst. Geol. Geophys. 59:161-167 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 40130: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 18.06.2004

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Anancus arvernensis
Anancus arvernensis Croizet and Jobert 1828 gomphothere
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Dicerorhinus elatus
 Perissodactyla - Tapiridae
Tapirus arvernensis
Tapirus arvernensis Croizet and Jobert 1828 tapir
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Cervidae indet.
Cervidae indet. Gray 1821 deer
small size.
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Gazella sp.
Gazella sp. Blaineville 1816 gazelle
 Carnivora - Ursidae
"Ursus minimus" = Euarctos minimus
"Ursus minimus" = Euarctos minimus Devéze and Bouillet 1827 bear
 Rodentia - Castoridae
"Castor praefiber" = Castor fiber
"Castor praefiber" = Castor fiber Linnaeus 1758 Eurasian beaver
 Rodentia - Hystricidae
Hystrix cf. refossa