Chimishliya (Miocene of Moldova)
Also known as Cimişlia
Where: Moldova (46.5° N, 28.8° E: paleocoordinates 46.9° N, 28.1° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Tortonian (11.6 - 7.2 Ma)
• Meotian
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: mesofossils
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 75803: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 30.10.2007, edited by Grace Varnham
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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unclassified | |
Reptilia | |
Vipera sp. Laurenti 1768 pit viper | |
Lacerta sp. Linnaeus 1758 squamates | |
Ophisaurus sp. Daudin 1803 glass lizard | |
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines Batsch 1788 turtle | |
Mammalia | |
"Mastodon longirostris" = Tetralophodon longirostris
"Mastodon longirostris" = Tetralophodon longirostris Kaup 1832 gomphothere | |
Dinotherium gigantium, "Dinotherium gigantissimum" = Deinotherium giganteum
Dinotherium gigantium deinothere
"Dinotherium gigantissimum" = Deinotherium giganteum Kaup 1829 deinothere | |
"Mastodon turicensis" = Zygolophodon turicensis, "Mastodon borsoni" = Mammut borsoni
"Mastodon turicensis" = Zygolophodon turicensis Schintz 1824 mastodon
"Mastodon borsoni" = Mammut borsoni Hays 1834 mastodon | |
Castor fiber Linnaeus 1758 Eurasian beaver | |
Hystrix sp. Linnaeus 1758 porcupine | |
Lepus laskarevi hare | |
Machairodus cultridens, Machairodus parvulus, Machairodus aphanistus, "Machairodus schlosseri" = Paramachaerodus schlosseri
Machairodus aphanistus Kaup 1833 cat
"Machairodus schlosseri" = Paramachaerodus schlosseri Weithofer 1888 cat | |
Mustela leporhinum weasel
Mustela sp. Linnaeus 1758 weasel
Mustela palaeattica Weithofer 1888 weasel | |
Sus erymanthius pig | |
Helladotherium duvernoyi Gaudry and Lartet 1856 giraffe | |
Cervus sp. Linnaeus 1758 deer | |
"Rhinoceros schleiermacheri" = Dihoplus schleiermacheri, Rhinoceros pachygnathus, Chilotherium schlosseri, Aceratherium schlosseri, Aceratherium incisivum
"Rhinoceros schleiermacheri" = Dihoplus schleiermacheri Kaup 1834 rhinoceros
Rhinoceros pachygnathus one-horned rhinoceros
Chilotherium schlosseri rhinoceros
Aceratherium schlosseri rhinoceros
Aceratherium incisivum Cuvier 1824 rhinoceros | |
"Hipparion gracile" = Hipparion depereti
"Hipparion gracile" = Hipparion depereti Sondaar 1974 hipparionine horse |