Fierbinti-Targ (borehole), 247-247.5m (Pleistocene of Romania)

Where: Romania (44.7° N, 26.7° E: paleocoordinates 44.8° N, 26.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Coconi Beds Member, Early/Lower Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.8 Ma)

• Early Pleistocene, about 1Ma. The fauna was recovered from a borehole 425m deep. The rodent remains were found with molluscs at 247m depth, from a layer of clay with herbaceous phytoclasts. Coconi Beds = 'Marly complex'.

Environment/lithology:

• 'a sequence of 27 depositional halfcycles, each halfcycle consisting (from bottom to top) of fine sands, clays and grey clays, followed by yellowish grey or variegated clays. There is an equilibrated portion between the sandy and clayey lithologic terms.' p. 121.

Size class: mesofossils

Collection methods: The material is in the collections of the 'Emil Racovita' Speleological Institute, Bucharest.

Primary reference: C. Radulescu, P. Enciu, and A. Petculescu. 2000. On the presence of Prolagurus and Allophaiomys in the Dacic Basin. Travaux de l'Institut de Speologie 'Emole Racovitza' 36:119-133 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan]more details

PaleoDB collection 40800: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 01.07.2004

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Prolagurus pannonicus, Allophaiomys cf. pliocaenicus
Prolagurus pannonicus Kormos 1930 vole
1 lower M1.
Allophaiomys cf. pliocaenicus Kormos 1932 vole
1 upper M3.
Gastropoda
  -
Bulimus cf. spoliatus
 Heterostropha - Lymnaeidae
Radix sp.
Radix sp. Montfort 1810 snail
 Heterostropha - Planorbidae
Planorbis cf. planorbis
 Stylommatophora - Succineidae
Succinea sp.
Succinea sp. Draparnaud 1801 amber snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Lithoglyphidae
Lithoglyphus sp.
Lithoglyphus sp. Menke 1830 snail
 Architaenioglossa - Viviparidae
Viviparus sp.
Viviparus sp. Montfort 1810 snail
 Cerithioidea - Melanopsidae
Fagotia acicularis, Fagotia esperi