Subpiatrǎ 2/1R: MN 6, Romania

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Ranidae
Rana (Pelophylax) sp. Linnaeus 1758
45 individuals
Amphibia - Temnospondyli
Latonia gigantea Lartet 1851
7 individuals
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Urodela
Salamandridae indet. Gray 1825
Hír and Venczel 2005 1 individual
This paper discusses min. no. of individuals rather than specimens
Triturus sp. Rafinesque 1815
1 individual
Numbers of non-mammals from this paper are given as minimum number of individuals
Mammalia - Rodentia - Gliridae
Myoglis meini de Bruijn 1966
2 specimens
Muscardinus sansaniensis Lartet 1856
3 specimens
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Democricetodon brevis (Schaub 1925)
3 specimens
Megacricetodon sp. (Fahlbusch 1964)
89 specimens
Mammalia - Lagomorpha
Eurolagus fontannesi
1 specimen
Numbers of mammals from this paper are given as no. of molars
Reptilia - Testudines - Emydidae
Emydidae indet. Rafinesque 1815
Hír and Venczel 2005 2 individuals
Reptilia - Crotalidae
Vipera sp. Laurenti 1768
1 individual
Reptilia - Colubridae
Colubrinae indet. Oppel 1811
2 individuals
Reptilia - Lacertidae
Lacerta sp. Linnaeus 1758
3 individuals
Reptilia - Varanidae
Varanidae indet. Hardwicke and Gray 1824
1 individual
    = Varanus sp. Merrem 1820
Georgalis et al. 2020
Reptilia - Anguidae
Ophisaurus sp. Daudin 1803
2 individuals
Reptilia
cf. Diplocynodon sp. Pomel 1847
2 individuals
see common names

Geography
Country:Romania State/province:Bihor
Coordinates: 47.0° North, 22.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:46.4° North, 21.9° East
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Altitude:296 meters
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
Stage:Serravallian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5
Key time interval:MN 6
Age range of interval:13.65000 - 12.75000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: sandy claystone
Secondary lithology: siltstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: In the Subpiatrã 2/1R and 2/1L localities microvertebrate remains and terrestrial molluscs were found in 15-20 cm thick sandy clay and silt deposits, interbedded into a series of clay and calcareous clay layers.
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Geology comments: Environment not really commented on
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Taxonomic list comments:All fossils so far belong to the Ţării Crişurilor Museum in Oradea
Metadata
Also known as:Subpiatra 2/1R
Database number:200044
Authorizer:T. Cleary, J. Head Enterer:T. Cleary, G. Varnham
Modifier:T. Cleary
Created:2019-02-28 12:14:43 Last modified:2019-03-04 08:34:53
Access level:the public Released:2019-02-28 12:14:43
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

68035. M. Venczel, J. Hír, R. R. Huza and E. D. Popa Golban. 2005. A new middle Miocene vertebrate fauna from Subpiatrǎ (Bihor County, Romania). Nymphaea 12:23-38 [T. Cleary/T. Cleary]

Secondary references:

72533 G. L. Georgalis, M. K. Abdel Gawad, S. M. Hassan, A. N. El-Barkooky, and M. A. Hamdan. 2020. Oldest co-occurrence of Varanus and Python from Africa—first record of squamates from the early Miocene of Moghra Formation, Western Desert, Egypt. PeerJ 8(e9092):1-26 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd]
68057 J. Hír and M. Venczel. 2005. New middle Miocene vertebrate localities from Subpiatrǎ (Bihor District, Romania). Acta Palaeontologica Romaniae 5:211-221 [T. Cleary/T. Cleary]