Also known as Betfia VII/3a 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)
• Site overview: the site of Betfia 7 has a height of 8m and encompasses four complexes of layers. The first three of these represent the filling of a former cave, containing numerous fragments of speleothemes. Level 3 is formed of three layers of clay with speleothemes. Level 3a is dated to the Late Menapian/early Bavelian on arvicolid morphology (= Late Lower Pleistocene, approx. 1.0Ma).
Environment/lithology: cave
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 33975: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 11.08.2003
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Lepus sp. Linnaeus 1758 hare
Hypolagus brachygnathus rabbit | |
Sicista praeloriger Kormos 1930 birch mouse | |
Apodemus mystacinus, "Apodemus ex gr. sylvaticus" = Mus sylvaticus
Apodemus mystacinus Danford and Alston 1877 Eastern broad-toothed field mouse | |
Cricetus cricetus, Prolagurus pannonicus, Microtus arvalidens, Microtus nivalinus, "Clethrionomys ex gr. glareolus" = Myodes, Mimomys pusillus, Mimomys savini, Allocricetus bursae, Lagurus transylvanicus, Pliomys episcopalis, Pliomys lenki
Prolagurus pannonicus Kormos 1930 vole
Mimomys pusillus vole
Mimomys savini vole
Allocricetus bursae mouse
Lagurus transylvanicus mouse
Pliomys episcopalis mouse
Pliomys lenki mouse | |
Glis sackdillingensis Heller 1930 dormouse | |
Spermophilus primigenius ground squirrel | |
Hystrix sp. Linnaeus 1758 porcupine | |
Canis mosbachensis Soergel 1925 canine | |
Mustela palerminea weasel
Mustela praenivalis Kormos 1934 weasel | |
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Cervidae indet. Gray 1821 deer | |
Talpa fossilis Petenyi 1864 mole
Desmana sp. Guldenstaedt 1777 Russian desman | |
Beremendia fissidens Petényi 1864 shrew
Sorex runtonensis Hinton 1911 long-tailed shrew | |
Mammuthus cf. meridionalis Nesti 1825 mammoth | |
Chiroptera indet. Blumenbach 1779 bat |