Subpiatrǎ 2/2 (Miocene of Romania)

Also known as Subpiatra 2/2

Where: Bihor, Romania (47.0° N, 22.3° E: paleocoordinates 46.5° N, 21.9° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: MN 7 + 8 (12.8 - 11.1 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; shelly/skeletal, brown claystone and shelly/skeletal, yellow claystone

• Environment not really commented on
• "vertebrate fossils were enclosed in a dark-brownish clay layer of about 15-20 cm thickness overlaid by 60-70 cm thick yellow clay layer, both extremely rich in planorbids."

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: M. Venczel, J. Hír, R. R. Huza and E. D. Popa Golban. 2005. A new middle Miocene vertebrate fauna from Subpiatrǎ (Bihor County, Romania). Nymphaea 12:23-38 [T. Cleary/T. Cleary]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 200051: authorized by Terri Cleary, entered by Terri Cleary on 04.03.2019

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• All fossils so far belong to the Ţării Crişurilor Museum in Oradea
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Reptilia
 Squamata - Colubridae
Colubrinae indet.
Colubrinae indet. Oppel 1811 colubrid snake
 Squamata - Anguidae
Ophisaurus sp.
Ophisaurus sp. Daudin 1803 glass lizard
Mammalia
 Rodentia - Petauristidae
Petauristidae indet.
Petauristidae indet. rodent
Numbers of mammals from this paper are given as no. of molars
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Megacricetodon germanicus, Eumyarion medius, Democricetodon freisingensis
Eumyarion medius Lartet 1851 rodent
Democricetodon freisingensis Fahlbusch 1964 rodent
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
Blackia miocaenica, Spermophilinus bredai
Blackia miocaenica Mein 1970 squirrel
Spermophilinus bredai von Meyer 1848 squirrel
 Rodentia - Gliridae
Paraglirulus werenfelsi, Myoglis meini, Glirulus lissiensis, Muscardinus aff. sansaniensis
Paraglirulus werenfelsi Engesser 1972 dormouse
Myoglis meini de Bruijn 1966 dormouse
Glirulus lissiensis Hugueney and Mein 1965 Japanese dormouse
Muscardinus aff. sansaniensis Lartet 1856 dormouse
Amphibia
 Salientia - Discoglossidae
Latonia gigantea
Latonia gigantea Lartet 1851 painted frog
Numbers of non-mammals from this paper are given as minimum number of individuals
 Salientia - Palaeobatrachidae
Palaeobatrachus sp.
Palaeobatrachus sp. Tschudi 1839 frog
 Salientia - Hylidae
Hyla sp.
Hyla sp. Laurenti 1768 tree frog
 Caudata - Urodela
Salamandridae indet.
Salamandridae indet. Gray 1825 newt
This paper discusses min. no. of individuals rather than specimens