Where: Moldova (45.0° N, 29.0° E: paleocoordinates 45.2° N, 28.7° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: MN 15 (4.2 - 3.2 Ma)
• Lower Pliocene, Middle Ruscinian.
Environment/lithology:
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: Small mammals have been collected from the alluvium but are not listed here.
Primary reference: E. A. Vangengeim, I. A. Vislobokova, and M. V. Sotnikova. 1998. Large Ruscinian Mammalia in the Territory of the Former Soviet Union. Stratigraphy and Geological Correlation 6(4):368-382 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 50941: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 25.05.2005, edited by Torsten Liebrecht
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Dolichopithecus sp. Depéret 1889 monkey | |
Reptilia | |
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? Lacerta sp. Linnaeus 1758 squamates same elements as cited for Pseudopus, probably except of osteoderms
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? Eryx sp. Daudin 1803 true sand boa "trunk and caudal vertebrae of erycines apparently of the genus Eryx"
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Vipera (Pelias) sp. Merrem 1820 pit viper trunk vertebrae, "comparable in size with small steppe-viper Vipera (Pelias) ursini"
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