Tudorovo (Miocene of Moldova)

Where: Moldova (48.4° N, 30.1° E: paleocoordinates 48.8° N, 29.3° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Tortonian (11.6 - 7.2 Ma)

• Meotian

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: E. I. Belyaeva. 1948. Catalogue of Tertiary Fossil Sites of the Land Mammals in the U.S.S.R. [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 75801: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 30.10.2007

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Carnivora - Hyaenidae
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
"Hipparion gracile" = Hipparion depereti
"Hipparion gracile" = Hipparion depereti Sondaar 1974 hipparionine horse
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Aceratherium incisivum Cuvier 1824 rhinoceros
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Gazella deperdita gazelle
var. caprina
Palaeoryx majori Schlosser 1904 antelope
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
 Proboscidea - Mammutidae
"Mastodon sp." = Mammut
"Mastodon sp." = Mammut Blumenbach 1799 mastodon
Reptilia
 Testudines - Testudinidae
"Testudo bessarabica" = Protestudo bessarabica
"Testudo bessarabica" = Protestudo bessarabica Riabinin 1918 turtle