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 | |
"Cyrtodelphis sp." = Schizodelphis
"Cyrtodelphis sp." = Schizodelphis Gervais 1861 toothed whale | |
"Champsodelphis fuchsii" = Kentriodon fuchsii Brandt 1873 toothed whale [entered as Champsodelphis fuschsii]
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"Delphinapterus (Pachypleurus) nordmanni n. sp." = Lissodelphis nordmanni1, "Archaeocetus fockii" = Lissodelphis fockii
"Archaeocetus fockii" = Lissodelphis fockii Brandt 1873 dolphin | |
Champsodelphis sp., "Phocaena euxinica n. sp." = Champsodelphis euxinicus7, "Delphinus bessarabicus n. sp." = Champsodelphis bessarabicus7, Cetotherium pusillum n. sp.7, Cetotherium klinderi n. sp.1, Archaeocetus sp., Cetotherium priscum
Champsodelphis sp. Gervais 1852 toothed whale
"Phocaena euxinica n. sp." = Champsodelphis euxinicus7 Nordmann 1860 toothed whale subspecies fossilis
Archaeocetus sp. Sinzow 1898 whale
Cetotherium priscum Eichwald 1840 whale | |
"Lutra pontica" = Limnonyx pontica
"Lutra pontica" = Limnonyx pontica Nordmann 1860 otter | |
Manatus maeoticus, "Phoca" bessarabica, "Phoca maeotica n. sp." = Cryptophoca maeotica7, "Cryptophoca maeotica" = Cryptophoca maeotica4, Sarmatonectes sintsovi n. gen. n. sp.3, Praepusa pannonica3, Praepusa vindobonensis3, Histriophoca alekseevi3, Monachopsis pontica3, "Phoca" novorossica3, Pontophoca simionescui n. gen. n. sp.5, Pontophoca sarmatica3
Manatus maeoticus Eichwald 1850 seal
"Phoca" bessarabica Simonescu 1925 seal | |
Ictitherium sarmaticum hyaena | |
Aves | |
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