Serbia, Vencani (Miocene of Serbia and Montenegro)

Where: Serbia, Serbia and Montenegro (44.4° N, 20.5° E: paleocoordinates 43.9° N, 20.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Sarmatian (12.7 - 11.6 Ma)

• Age of the fossil is probably Sarmat.

Environment/lithology: marginal marine

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: bulk,

Primary reference: Z. Petronijevic. 1967. Srednjomiocenska i donjosarmatska (stajerska) fauna sisara Srbije; Die Mittelmiozäne und Untersarmatische (Steirische) Säugetierfauna Serbiens. (The middle Miocene and lower Sarmatian (Styrian) mammalian fauna of Serbia). CODEN: PLJUA9: Zagreb: Jugoslavenska Akademija Znanosti i Umjetnosti, 160 p. illus. (incl. geol. maps) [J. Alroy/S. Kuemmell/S. Kuemmell]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 39678: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Susanna Kümmell on 02.06.2004

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Mammutidae
"Mastodon tapiroides" = Zygolophodon tapiroides
"Mastodon tapiroides" = Zygolophodon tapiroides Cuvier 1824 mastodon