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 | |
Chiroptera indet. Blumenbach 1779 bat | |
Ursus mediterraneus bear | |
Mustela palerminea weasel
Putorius cf. stromeri Kormos 1934 polecat
Martes vetus Kretzoi 1947 marten
"Gulo schlosseri" = Gulo gulo Linnaeus 1758 wolverine | |
Canis mosbachensis Soergel 1925 canine | |
? Crocuta sp. Erxleben 1777 spotted hyaena | |
Felis sp. Linnaeus 1758 cat | |
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Praemegaceros sp. Portis 1920 deer | |
Bison schoetensacki bison | |
Beremendia fissidens Petényi 1864 shrew
Sorex margaritodon Kormos 1930 long-tailed shrew | |
Ochotona sp. Link 1795 pika | |
Lepus sp. Linnaeus 1758 hare
Hypolagus brachygnathus rabbit | |
Sicista praeloriger Kormos 1930 birch mouse | |
Cricetus cricetus, Allocricetus bursae, Mimomys pusillus, Mimomys savini, "Clethrionomys ex gr. glareolus" = Myodes, Prolagurus pannonicus, Microtus hintoni, Microtus burgondiae, Lagurus transylvanicus, Pliomys episcopalis, Pliomys lenki
Allocricetus bursae mouse
Mimomys pusillus vole
Mimomys savini vole
Prolagurus pannonicus Kormos 1930 vole
Microtus hintoni vole
Microtus burgondiae vole
Lagurus transylvanicus mouse
Pliomys episcopalis mouse
Pliomys lenki mouse | |
Spalax sp., "Apodemus ex gr. sylvaticus" = Mus sylvaticus
Spalax sp. Güldenstadt 1770 blind mole | |
Sciurus sp. Linnaeus 1758 squirrel
Spermophilus primigenius ground squirrel |