Feldioara-Cariera, upper level: Middle Pleistocene, Romania
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Microtus sp.
Schrank 1798
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| Microtus arvalis-agrestis group | ||||||||||
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Microtus oeconomus
(Pallas 1776)
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Arvicola cantianus
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| Arvicola cantianus cf. mosbachensis | ||||||||||
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Clethrionomys cf. glareolus
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| synonym of Myodes | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Castoridae
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Trogontherium cf. cuvieri
Owen 1846
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Leporidae
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Lepus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Soricidae
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Sorex subaraneus
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Bison sp.
Hamilton-Smith 1827
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Geography
| Country: | Romania |
| Coordinates: | 46.4° North, 23.9° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 46.3° North, 23.8° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| Stage: | Chibanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Middle Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.77400 - 0.12900 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Regional section: | Baraolt Basin | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: In the Baraolt Basin, Brasov Depression. Middle Pleistocene, 'Cromerian complex'. Roughly equivalent to Tarko layers 10-5, Hundsheim, Mosbach main level, St. Esteve Janson layers F-G and Westbury 'Rodent earth'. Same fossiliferous level as that at Rotbav-Dealul Tiganilor upper level 2. 'A polygonal ground indicating periglacial conditions superposed by remnants of a red fossil soil are intercalated between the upper levels 1 and 2.' 'The fauna of upper level 2 is characterized by the presence of M. cf oeconomus and Rangifer showing a new deterioration of the climate.' | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Lithology description: light olive gray clay. |
Taphonomy
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 40263 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Turner | Enterer: | H. O'Regan |
| Modifier: | H. O'Regan | Research group: | PACED |
| Created: | 2004-06-21 04:16:15 | Last modified: | 2004-06-21 07:29:22 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-06-21 04:16:15 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 10873. | PACED | 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] |