Rostov-na-donu: Late/Upper Pliocene, Russian Federation

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Elephas meridionalis Nesti 1825
Belyaeva 1948
recombined as Mammuthus meridionalis
Elephas planifrons Falconer and Cautley 1846
Belyaeva 1948
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Mammutidae
Mastodon arvenensis
Belyaeva 1948
synonym of Mammut
Mammalia - Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Hyaena sp. Brisson 1762
Belyaeva 1948
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Machairodus sp. Kaup 1833
Belyaeva 1948
Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae
Ursus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Belyaeva 1948
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Canis sp. Linnaeus 1758
Belyaeva 1948
Canis aff. lupus Linnaeus 1758
Belyaeva 1948
Mammalia - Camelidae
Camelus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Belyaeva 1948
Mammalia - Cervidae
Cervus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Belyaeva 1948
Cervus aff. elaphus Linnaeus 1758
Belyaeva 1948
Libralces sp. Azzaroli 1952
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Elasmotherium sp. Fischer 1808
Belyaeva 1948
Rhinoceros sp. Linnaeus 1758
Belyaeva 1948
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus stenonis Cocchi 1867
Belyaeva 1948
recombined as Allohippus stenonis
cf. major
Hipparion sp. de Christol 1832
Belyaeva 1948
Mammalia - Rodentia - Castoridae
Trogontherium sp. Fischer von Waldheim 1809
Belyaeva 1948
Reptilia
Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758
Belyaeva 1948
Pisces
Pisces indet. Linnaeus 1758
Belyaeva 1948
synonym of Osteichthyes
see common names

Geography
Country:Russian Federation
Coordinates: 47.2° North, 39.7° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:47.4° North, 39.5° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Pliocene
Stage:Piacenzian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Late/Upper Pliocene
Age range of interval:3.60000 - 2.58000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: paludine layers
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Rostov-on-don
Database number:76530
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2007-11-23 07:43:20 Last modified:2018-08-10 09:56:44
Access level:the public Released:2007-11-23 07:43:20
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

61039. I. A. Vislobokova. 1986. Elks in the Pliocene of the USSR. Quartäpaläntologie 6:239-242 [M. Uhen/L. Craig/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

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