Also known as Kelfa, Calfa

Where: Anenii Noi, Moldova (46.9° N, 29.4° E: paleocoordinates 47.3° N, 28.7° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: MN 10 (9.7 - 8.7 Ma)

• "Middle Sarmatian (MN 9b)" (Zerova, 2003)

•According to the stratigraphic chart of Zerova (2003), the site is located in the Kalfinsky faunistic subcomplex of the Kalfinsky faunistic complex.

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•According to Zerova (1993), Kalfa is more precisely of the middle Sarmatian age (=Vallesian) and correlated to the MN 9b zone. This is the consensus view based on mammalian assemblage compositions (e.g., Koretsky 2001; Krakhmalnaya 2008; Delinschi 2014). However, the exact age of Kalfa has been questioned, as only very few mammal fossils found at Kalfa hold strong biochronological signals (Sinitsa and Delinschi 2016). Moreover, recent studies based on mag- netostratigraphic analyses have tentatively suggested a slightly younger age (early MN 10) for Kalfa. As pointed out by some authors (Čermák 2016; Sinitsa and Delinschi 2016; and references therein), the magnetostratigraphic data are more congruent with the overall biochronological markers.

Environment/lithology: coastal; poorly lithified sandstone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: I. Koretsky. 2001. Morphology and systematics of Miocene Phocinae (Mammalia: Carnivora) from Paratethys and the North Atlantic region. Geologica Hungarica Series Palaeontologica 54:1-109 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 60268: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 08.05.2006, edited by Torsten Liebrecht and Grace Varnham

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