Matasari-Bradetu (Pliocene of Romania)

Where: Romania (44.9° N, 23.1° E: paleocoordinates 45.0° N, 22.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)

• Middle Pliocene, early Gauss chron.

Environment/lithology:

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: C. Radulescu and P.-M. Samson. 2001. Biochronology and evolution of the Early Pliocene to the Early Pleistocene mammalian faunas of Romania. Bollettino della Societa Paleontologica Italiana 40(2):285-291 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 39683: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 03.06.2004

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• First occurrence of Stephanorhinus etruscus in the area.
Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Stephanorhinus etruscus Falconer 1868 rhinoceros