PBDB Collection

Chisinau (Miocene of Moldova)

Also known as Kischinev, Kishinev

Where: Moldova (47.1° N, 28.9° E: paleocoordinates 47.5° N, 27.9° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Sarmatian (12.7 - 11.6 Ma)

• middle Sarmatian

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: N. Macarovici. 1944. Cetaces du Sarmatien inferieur du Nord de la Moldavie et de la Bessarabie. Annales scientifiques de l'Universite de Jassy 30:133-140 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 57734: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 20.12.2005

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
Cetacea -	Phocaena euxinica fossilis n. sp.⁷, Cetotherium priscum, Archaeocetus sp., Champsodelphis sp., "Delphinus bessarabicus n. sp." = Champsodelphis bessarabicus⁷ Phocaena euxinica fossilis n. sp.⁷ toothed whale Cetotherium priscum Eichwald 1840 whale Archaeocetus sp. Sinzow 1898 whale Champsodelphis sp. Gervais 1852 toothed whale "Delphinus bessarabicus n. sp." = Champsodelphis bessarabicus⁷ Nordmann 1860 toothed whale
Cetacea - Eurhinodelphinidae	"Cyrtodelphis sp." = Schizodelphis "Cyrtodelphis sp." = Schizodelphis Gervais 1861 toothed whale
Cetacea - Kentriodontidae	Sarmatodelphis moldavicus n. gen. n. sp.², "Champsodelphis fuchsii" = Kentriodon fuchsii Sarmatodelphis moldavicus n. gen. n. sp.² Kirpichnikov 1954 toothed whale "Champsodelphis fuchsii" = Kentriodon fuchsii Brandt 1873 toothed whale [entered as Champsodelphis fuschsii]
Cetacea - Delphinidae	"Archaeocetus fockii" = Lissodelphis fockii, "Delphinapterus (Pachypleurus) nordmanni n. sp." = Lissodelphis nordmanni¹ "Archaeocetus fockii" = Lissodelphis fockii Brandt 1873 dolphin "Delphinapterus (Pachypleurus) nordmanni n. sp." = Lissodelphis nordmanni¹ Brandt 1873 dolphin
Cetacea -	Cetotherium klinderi n. sp.¹, Cetotherium pusillum n. sp.⁷ Cetotherium klinderi n. sp.¹ Brandt 1871 whale Cetotherium pusillum n. sp.⁷ Nordmann 1860 whale
Carnivora - Mustelidae	"Lutra pontica" = Limnonyx pontica "Lutra pontica" = Limnonyx pontica Nordmann 1860 otter
Carnivora - Phocidae	Manatus maeoticus, "Phoca" novorossica³, Pontophoca simionescui n. gen. n. sp.⁵, Monachopsis pontica³, Sarmatonectes sintsovi n. gen. n. sp.³, "Phoca" bessarabica, "Pontophoca sarmatica" = Phoca sarmatica³, "Phoca maeotica n. sp." = Cryptophoca maeotica⁷, "Cryptophoca maeotica" = Cryptophoca maeotica⁴, Praepusa vindobonensis³, Histriophoca alekseevi³, Praepusa pannonica³ Manatus maeoticus Eichwald 1850 seal "Phoca" novorossica³ Alekseev 1924 seal Pontophoca simionescui n. gen. n. sp.⁵ Kretzoi 1941 seal [entered as Pontophoca simonescui] Monachopsis pontica³ Eichwald 1850 seal Sarmatonectes sintsovi n. gen. n. sp.³ Koretsky 2001 seal "Phoca" bessarabica Simonescu 1925 seal "Pontophoca sarmatica" = Phoca sarmatica³ Alekseev 1924 seal "Phoca maeotica n. sp." = Cryptophoca maeotica⁷ Nordmann 1860 seal "Cryptophoca maeotica" = Cryptophoca maeotica⁴ Nordmann 1860 seal Praepusa vindobonensis³ Toula 1897 seal Histriophoca alekseevi³ Koretsky 2001 ribbon seal Praepusa pannonica³ Kretzoi 1941 seal
Carnivora - Hyaenidae	Ictitherium sarmaticum Ictitherium sarmaticum hyaena
Aves
Anseriformes - Anatidae	Cygnus sp.⁶ Cygnus sp.⁶ Garsault 1764 swan

¹Brandt 1873; ²Kirpichnikov 1954; ³Koretsky 2001; ⁴Koretsky and Ray 1994; ⁵Kretzoi 1941; ⁶Macarovici and Oescu 1942; ⁷Nordmann 1860