Covrigi (Pliocene of Romania)
Where: Romania (44.7° N, 23.2° E: paleocoordinates 44.9° N, 22.8° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)
• Middle Pliocene, early Gauss chron.
Environment/lithology:
• The fauna is from the lower part of a sand and gravel horizon situated between coal beds 12 and 15.
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: M. U. Feru, C. Radulescu, and P. Samson. 1983. Succession des Mammiferes Plio-Pleistocenes dans le Bassin Dacique (Roumanie). Ann. Inst. Geol. Geophys. 59:161-167 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 39682: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 03.06.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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| Mammalia | |
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Mammut borsoni Hays 1834 mastodon | |
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Anancus arvernensis Croizet and Jobert 1828 gomphothere | |
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Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse | |
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Stephanorhinus jeanvireti Guérin 1972 rhinoceros
Stephanorhinus jeanvireti Guérin 1972 rhinoceros | |
Metacervocerus pardinensis, "Cervus perrieri" = Praeelaphus perrieri
Metacervocerus pardinensis Croizet and Jobert 1828 deer
"Cervus perrieri" = Praeelaphus perrieri Croizet and Jobert 1828 deer | |