Subpiatrǎ 2/1R: MN 6, Romania
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Ranidae
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Rana (Pelophylax) sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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45 individuals | |||||||||
Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
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Latonia gigantea
Lartet 1851
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7 individuals | |||||||||
Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Urodela
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Salamandridae indet.
Gray 1825
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Hír and Venczel 2005 | 1 individual | ||||||||
This paper discusses min. no. of individuals rather than specimens | ||||||||||
Triturus sp.
Rafinesque 1815
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1 individual | |||||||||
Numbers of non-mammals from this paper are given as minimum number of individuals | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Gliridae
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Myoglis meini
de Bruijn 1966
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Muscardinus sansaniensis
Lartet 1856
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Democricetodon brevis
(Schaub 1925)
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Megacricetodon sp.
(Fahlbusch 1964)
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89 specimens | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
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Eurolagus fontannesi
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Numbers of mammals from this paper are given as no. of molars | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Emydidae
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Emydidae indet.
Rafinesque 1815
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Hír and Venczel 2005 | 2 individuals | ||||||||
Reptilia
- Crotalidae
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Vipera sp.
Laurenti 1768
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1 individual | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Colubridae
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Colubrinae indet.
Oppel 1811
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2 individuals | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Lacertidae
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Lacerta sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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3 individuals | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Varanidae
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Varanidae indet.
Hardwicke and Gray 1824
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1 individual | |||||||||
= Varanus sp.
Merrem 1820
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Georgalis et al. 2020 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Anguidae
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Ophisaurus sp.
Daudin 1803
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2 individuals | |||||||||
Reptilia
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cf. Diplocynodon sp.
Pomel 1847
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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] |