Tauţ : Sarmatian, Romania
collected by M. Feru, C. Rădulescu, P. Samson 1979

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Pelobatidae
Pelobates sp. Wagler 1830
7 elements
4 skull bones (ISER Tt-0390/1-3, 0391), 1 vertebra (Tt-0392), 1 scapula (Tt-0393), 1 ilium (Tt-0394)
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Ranidae
Pelophylax sp. Fitzinger 1843
14 elements
2 premaxillae (ISER Tt-0420/1+2), 2 vertebrae (Tt-0421/1+2), 10 longbones (Tt-0422/1-3, 0423/1-7)
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Bufonidae
Bufo cf. viridis Laurenti 1768
18 elements
4 skull bones (ISER Tt-0400-0403), 4 prearticulars (Tt-0404/1-4), 3 vertebrae (Tt-0405, 0406/1+2), 4 urostyles (Tt-407/1-4), 6 longbones (Tt-0408/1-3, 0409/1-3)
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Hylidae
Hyla cf. arborea (Linnaeus 1758)
6 elements
original and current combination Rana arborea
1 prearticular (ISER Tt-0410), 5 ilia (Tt-0411/1-5)
Amphibia - Temnospondyli
Latonia gigantea Lartet 1851
20 elements
15 skull bones (ISER Tt-0370/1+2, 0371/1-8, 372/1-5), 1 vertebra (Tt-0373), 1 coracoid (Tt-0374), 3 longbones (Tt-0375, 0376/1-2)
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Palaeobatrachidae
Palaeobatrachus cf. hiri
6 elements
3 skull bones (ISER Tt-0380, 0381, 0384), 1 urostyle (Tt-0385), 1 clavicle (Tt-0382), 1 tibiofibula (Tt-0386)
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Urodela
Chelotriton paradoxus Pomel 1853
31 elements
7 skull bones (ISER Tt- 0300, 0301/1-4, 0302, 0303), 2 dentaries (Tt-0304/1+2), 5 vertebrae (Tt-0306/1-5), 10 longbones (Tt-0307/1-4, 0308, 0309/1-5), 7 ribs (Tt-0310/1-7)
Carpathotriton sp. Venczel 2008
59 elements
2 skull bones (ISER Tt-0330, 0331), 8 mandibular bones (Tt-0333/1-6, 0332/1+2), 41 vertebrae (Tt-0334/1-6, 0335/1-35), 8 longbones (Tt-0336/1-4, 0337, 0338/1-3)
Lissotriton sp. Bell 1839
10 elements
1 frontal (ISER Tt-0350), 9 vertebrae (Tt-0351, 0352/1-8)
Triturus cf. marmoratus (Latreille 1800)
12 elements
2 skull bones (ISER Tt-0360, 0361), 8 vertebrae (Tt-0362/1-8), 2 longbones (Tt-0363, 0334)
Reptilia
Scolecophidia indet. Duméril and Bibron 1844
5 elements
5 fragmentary trunk vertebrae (ISER Tt-0480/1-5)
Reptilia - Colubridae
Coronella miocaenica Venczel 1998
4 elements
4 fragmentary trunk vertebrae (ISER Tt-0490/1-4)
Hierophis cf. hungaricus
36 elements
1 fragmentary compound bone of mandible (ISER Tt-0500), 35 vertebrae (Tt-0501/1-35)
Natrix cf. rudabanyaensis
31 elements
1 quadrate (ISER Tt-0502), 30 vertebrae (Tt-0503/1-30)
Reptilia - Crotalidae
Macrovipera sp. Reuss 1927
1 element
spelled with current rank as Vipera (Macrovipera)
1 presacral vertebra (ISER Tt-0504)
Reptilia
Blanus cf. gracilis (Roček 1984)
65 elements
1 premaxilla (ISER Tt-0470), 4 fragmentary dentaries (Tt-0471/1-4), 60 vertebrae (Tt-0472/1-60)
Reptilia - Lacertidae
Lacertidae indet. Bonaparte 1831
6 elements
6 dentaries (ISER Tt-0450/1-6) of "relatively small individuals"
Lacerta sp. Linnaeus 1758
14 elements
10 skull bones (ISER Tt-0440, 0441/1+2, 0442/1-7), 4 dentaries (Tr-0443/1-4)
Reptilia - Anguidae
Ophisaurus sp. Daudin 1803
24 elements
10 vertebrae (ISER Tt-0460/1-10), 14 osteoderms (Tt-0461/1-14)
Reptilia - Gekkonidae
Gekkonidae indet. Gray 1825
2 elements
2 dentaries (ISER Tt-0430/1-2); spelled "Geckonidae indet." in the reference
see common names

Geography
Country:Romania State/province:Arad
Coordinates: 46.3° North, 21.9° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:45.8° North, 21.6° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
Stage:Serravallian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5
Key time interval:Sarmatian
Age range of interval:12.80000 - 11.63000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: "[...] Volhynian substage of the Sarmatian, which may correspond to the lower part of the Sarmatian (late middle Miocene) (Grigorescu & Kazár 2006). Based on micromammals, Feru et al. (1980) assigned the Tauţ locality to the MN 8 of the European Neogene Mammal zones system (Mein 1975)."
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:tuffaceous,green unlithified claystone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: "[...] the outcrop of narrow extent consists from tufaceous green clays enclosing rare shells of Planorbis Müller, 1774 and Helix Linnaeus, 1758."
Environment:lacustrine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Temporal resolution:snapshot
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collectors:M. Feru, C. Rădulescu, P. Samson Collection dates:1979
Collection method comments: "During a survey on the microvertebrate fossils from the collections of the Speleological Institute 'Emil Racoviţă' (ISER), Bucharest, we found a huge amount of herpetological material from Tauţ, collected by M. Feru, C. Rădulescu and P. Samson in 1979. The material has never been mentioned in any papers of the above authors."
Metadata
Also known as:Taut, Migieşului Valley, Migiesului
Database number:135812
Authorizer:J. Mueller Enterer:T. Liebrecht
Modifier:T. Liebrecht Research group:vertebrate
Created:2012-11-09 23:20:23 Last modified:2012-11-09 06:24:59
Access level:the public Released:2012-11-09 23:20:23
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
43465. M. Venczel and E. Stiuca. 2008. Late middle Miocene amphibians and squamate reptiles from Taut, Romania. Geodiversitas 30(4):731-763 [J. Mueller/T. Liebrecht/M. Uhen]