Lupoaia/VIII: Pliocene, Romania
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Chiroptera
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Chiroptera indet.
Blumenbach 1779
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Muridae
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Apodemus dominans
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Radulescu et al. 1989 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Mimomys rhabonensis n. sp.
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| Descrbied as subspecies of M. occitanus in 1989 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Castoridae
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Trogontheriinae indet.
Radulescu et al. 1989
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Radulescu et al. 1989 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Talpidae
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Desmana verestchagini
Topachevski 1961
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Radulescu et al. 1989 | |||||||||
| n. ssp. amutriensis | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Mustelidae
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Mustelidae indet.
Fischer 1817
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Radulescu et al. 1989 | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Romania | State/province: | Oltenia | County: | Motru Valley |
| Coordinates: | 44.6° North, 23.5° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 44.7° North, 23.1° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Pliocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Pliocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 5.33300 - 2.58000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphy comments: Fauna is from 'clay at the base of coal level VIII in the coal quarry at Lupoaia.' |
Lithology and environment
Taphonomy
| Size of fossils: | mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Taxonomic list comments:Type locality for Mimomys rhabonensis. | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Lupoaia 8 | ||
| Database number: | 39425 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Turner, L. van den Hoek Ostende | Enterer: | H. O'Regan, L. van den Hoek Ostende |
| Modifier: | H. O'Regan | Research group: | PACED |
| Created: | 2004-05-28 08:40:47 | Last modified: | 2004-06-03 10:55:49 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-05-28 08:40:47 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 10650. | PACED | C. Radulesco and P. -M. Samson. 1996. Pliocene and Early Pleistocene arvicolids (Rodentia, Mammalia) of the Dacic Basin, Romania. Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia 39(1):401-406 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan] |
Secondary references:
| 25483 | C. Radulescu, P. Samson, and E. Stiuca. 1989. Pliocene (Lower Romanian) micromammals in the Dacic Basin. Miscellanea Speologica Romanica 1:313-326 [L. van den Hoek Ostende/L. van den Hoek Ostende] |