Beresti: Pliocene, Romania
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Moldavimus simionescui
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Castoridae
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Castor praefiber
Deperet 1890
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Zamolxifiber covurluensis
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Romanocastor filipescui
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Leporidae
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Trischizolagus dumitrescuae
Radulesco and Samson 1967
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Ochotonidae
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Pliolagomys cf. gigas
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Ochotona ursui
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Mammalia
- Talpidae
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Talpa neagui n. sp.
Radulescu and Samson 1989
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Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Pliocervus cf. kutchurganicus
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Mammalia
- Camelidae
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Paracamelus bessarabiensis
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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"Equus" simionescui
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| "Equus" (Hipparion?) simionescui | ||||||||||
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Hipparion malustenense
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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"Stephanorhinus" cf. leptorhinus
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Geography
| Country: | Romania | State/province: | Moldova |
| Coordinates: | 46.2° North, 27.9° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 46.3° North, 27.6° 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: Earliest Pliocene, Late Dacian, Gilbert Chron, Zanclean, over 4 million years old. |
Lithology and environment
| Geology comments: In the Dacic Basin, 'a large sedimentary area connecting the central and eastern Paratethys; it is situated between the southern Carpathians in the north and the Balkans in the south.' |
Taphonomy
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 39622 | ||
| 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: | 2004-06-01 06:08:05 | Last modified: | 2004-06-01 09:08:06 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-06-01 06:08:05 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 10720. | PACED | C. Radulescu and P.-M. Samson. 2001. Biochronology and evolution of the Early Pliocene to the Early Pleistocene mammalian faunas of Romania. Bollettino della Societa Paleontologica Italiana 40(2):285-291 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan] |
Secondary references:
| 25482 | C. Radulescu and P.-M. Samson. 1989. Contribution to the knowledge of the mammalian faunas from Malusteni and Beresti (Romania). Order Insectivora, family Talpidae. Miscellanea Speologica Romanica 1:303-311 [L. van den Hoek Ostende/L. van den Hoek Ostende/M. Uhen] |