Also known as Betfia VII/3c 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 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 speleotherms. Level 3 is formed of three layers of clay with speleothemes. Level 3c is dated to Late Lower Pleistocene (Late Bavelian) approx. 0.8Ma.
Environment/lithology: cave
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 34009: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 12.08.2003
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Mammalia | |
Chiroptera indet. Blumenbach 1779 bat | |
Mustela palerminea weasel
Mustela praenivalis Kormos 1934 weasel | |
Canis mosbachensis Soergel 1925 canine | |
? Crocuta sp. Erxleben 1777 spotted hyaena | |
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Praemegaceros sp. Portis 1920 deer | |
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821 antelope
Bison schoetensacki bison | |
Talpa fossilis Petenyi 1864 mole | |
Beremendia fissidens Petényi 1864 shrew
Crocidura sp. Wagler 1832 white-toothed shrew
Sorex margaritodon Kormos 1930 long-tailed shrew
Sorex runtonensis Hinton 1911 long-tailed shrew | |
Lepus sp. Linnaeus 1758 hare | |
Sicista praeloriger Kormos 1930 birch mouse | |
Cricetus cricetus, Allocricetus bursae, Mimomys pusillus, Mimomys savini, "Clethrionomys ex gr. glareolus" = Myodes, Microtus arvalidens, Microtus gregaloides, Microtus nivalinus, Microtus nivaloides, Microtus ratticepoides, Lagurus transylvanicus, Pliomys episcopalis, Pliomys lenki
Allocricetus bursae mouse
Mimomys pusillus vole
Mimomys savini vole
Lagurus transylvanicus mouse
Pliomys episcopalis mouse
Pliomys lenki mouse | |
Spalax sp. Güldenstadt 1770 blind mole
Apodemus mystacinus Danford and Alston 1877 Eastern broad-toothed field mouse | |
Glis sackdillingensis Heller 1930 dormouse
Muscardinus dacicus Kormos 1930 dormouse | |
Sciurus sp. Linnaeus 1758 squirrel
Spermophilus primigenius ground squirrel |