Novi Han, East (Miocene of Bulgaria)

Where: Bulgaria (42.6° N, 23.6° E: paleocoordinates 42.3° N, 23.3° E)

When: Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; black, gray, green, argillaceous, sandy claystone

• Includes clay material as well.

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: Q. Jiangzuo and N. Spassov. 2022. A late Turolian giant panda from Bulgaria and the early evolution and dispersal of the panda lineage. 42(1):e2054718 [M. Uhen/M. Dinkelman]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 231920: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Michael Dinkelman on 02.10.2023

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Carnivora - Ursidae