Also known as Etulia, Etulija, Novaya Etuliya

Where: Moldova (45.5° N, 28.4° E: paleocoordinates 45.7° N, 28.1° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Karbolia Formation, MN 15 (4.2 - 3.2 Ma)

• Lower Pliocene, Middle Ruscinian.

•Both Etuliya and Lucheshty localities occur in the Karbolia (= Karboliya, Carbolia) Fluvial Formation (= Karboliya Beds), which is widely exposed in the valleys of Pruth, Danube and

•Yalpug rivers in the south-western part of Moldova.

Environment/lithology: alluvial fan; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Small mammals have been collected from the alluvium but are not listed here.

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•The materials studied here are stored in the collection of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Saint Petersburg, Russia (hereinafter – ZIN PH and ZISP). T

Primary reference: E. A. Vangengeim, I. A. Vislobokova, and M. V. Sotnikova. 1998. Large Ruscinian Mammalia in the Territory of the Former Soviet Union. Stratigraphy and Geological Correlation 6(4):368-382 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 50940: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 25.05.2005, edited by Terri Cleary and Grace Varnham

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