Tarakliya: Tortonian, Moldova

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae
Testudo tarakliensis Riabinin 1918
Testudo bessarabica Riabinin 1918
recombined as Protestudo bessarabica
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Mammutidae
Mastodon turicensis Schintz 1824
recombined as Zygolophodon turicensis
Mastodon sp. Cuvier 1817
synonym of Mammut
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Deinotheriidae
Dinotherium giganteum (Kaup 1829)
original and current combination Deinotherium giganteum
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Mastodon longirostris Kaup 1832
recombined as Tetralophodon longirostris
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Mustela leporinum
Mustela sp. Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Ictitherium hipparionum
Ictitherium robustum
Ictitherium sp. Wagner 1848
Lycyaena choeretis
Lycyaena parva
Hyaena eximia
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Machairodus parvulus
Machairodus sp. Kaup 1833
Machairodus aphanistus (Kaup 1833)
var. tarakliensis
Machairodus schlosseri Weithofer 1888
recombined as Paramachaerodus schlosseri
Felis attica Wagner 1857
recombined as Pristifelis attica
Felis sp. Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hipparion sp. de Christol 1832
Hipparion mediterraneum Roth and Wagner 1855
originally entered as "Hipparion meditterraneum"
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Dicerorhinus orientalis
Rhinoceros (Ceratorhinus) schleiermacheri Kaup 1834
recombined as Dihoplus schleiermacheri
Rhinoceros (Diceros) pachyganthus
Aceratherium incisivum (Cuvier 1824)
Mammalia - Suidae
Sus major Gervais 1848
recombined as Microstonyx major
Mammalia - Cervidae
Cervavitus taracliensis
Damacerus bessarabica
synonym of Cervavitus
Cervocerus novorossiae
synonym of Cervavitus
Mammalia - Giraffidae
Camelopardalis sp. Schreber 1784
synonym of Giraffa
Helladotherium sp. Gaudry 1860
Helladotherium duvernoyi Gaudry and Lartet 1856
Samotherium boissieri Forsyth Major 1888
Palaeotragus roueni Gaudry 1861
corrected as Palaeotragus rouenii
Mammalia - Bovidae
Tragocerus rugosifrons Schlosser 1904
recombined as Tragoportax rugosifrons
Gazella brevicornis
Gazella deperdita
Gazella capricornis
Gazella sp. Blaineville 1816
Criotherium argaloides
Palaeoryx situtzeli
Palaeoryx majori Schlosser 1904
Protragelaphus skouzesi
Tragocerus amaltheus
var. parvidens
Tragocerus validus
Tragocerus sp. Gaudry 1861
Procobus melania
Procobus brauneri
Tragoreas oryxoides Schlosser 1904
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae
Proochotona eximia
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Lepus laskarevi
Mammalia - Rodentia - Hystricidae
Hystrix bessarabica
Mammalia - Rodentia - Castoridae
Castor fiber Linnaeus 1758
see common names

Geography
Country:Moldova
Coordinates: 46.6° North, 28.9° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:46.9° North, 28.2° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
Stage:Tortonian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Tortonian
Age range of interval:11.63000 - 7.24600 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: Meotian
Lithology and environment
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:75802
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2007-10-30 13:21:06 Last modified:2007-10-30 15:21:06
Access level:the public Released:2007-10-30 13:21:06
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

24838. E. I. Belyaeva. 1948. Catalogue of Tertiary Fossil Sites of the Land Mammals in the U.S.S.R. [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]