Also known as Betfia V Somleu Hill
Where: Romania (47.0° N, 22.0° E: paleocoordinates 46.9° N, 22.0° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Early/Lower Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.8 Ma)
• Late Menapian (=Late Lower Pleistocene, approx. 1.05-1.00Ma)
Environment/lithology: karst
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collection methods: bulk,
• Sites discovered between 1966 and 1991 and excavated by the Bucharest Speleological Institute and the "Tarii Crisurilor" Museum of Oradea
Primary reference: E. Terzea. 1996. Biochronology of the Pleistocene deposits at Betfia (Bihor, Romania). Acta Zoologica Cracovensia 39(1):531-540 [A. Behrensmeyer/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 33974: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 11.08.2003
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Mammalia | |
Spermophilus primigenius ground squirrel
Sciurus sp. Linnaeus 1758 squirrel | |
Sicista praeloriger Kormos 1930 birch mouse | |
"Apodemus ex gr. sylvaticus" = Mus sylvaticus, Spalax sp.
Spalax sp. Güldenstadt 1770 blind mole | |
Pliomys episcopalis, Pliomys lenki, Cricetus cricetus, Lagurus transylvanicus, Microtus hintoni, Microtus burgondiae, Prolagurus pannonicus, Mimomys pusillus, Mimomys savini, "Clethrionomys ex gr. glareolus" = Myodes, Allocricetus bursae
Pliomys episcopalis mouse
Pliomys lenki mouse
Lagurus transylvanicus mouse
Microtus hintoni vole
Microtus burgondiae vole
Prolagurus pannonicus Kormos 1930 vole
Mimomys pusillus vole
Mimomys savini vole
Allocricetus bursae mouse | |
Hypolagus brachygnathus rabbit
Lepus sp. Linnaeus 1758 hare | |
Ochotona sp. Link 1795 pika | |
Beremendia fissidens Petényi 1864 shrew
Sorex margaritodon Kormos 1930 long-tailed shrew | |
Chiroptera indet. Blumenbach 1779 bat | |
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Praemegaceros sp. Portis 1920 deer | |
Bison schoetensacki bison | |
Felis sp. Linnaeus 1758 cat | |
? Crocuta sp. Erxleben 1777 spotted hyaena | |
"Gulo schlosseri" = Gulo gulo Linnaeus 1758 wolverine
Martes vetus Kretzoi 1947 marten
Mustela palerminea weasel
Putorius cf. stromeri Kormos 1934 polecat | |
Ursus mediterraneus bear | |
Canis mosbachensis Soergel 1925 canine |