Fintina lui Mitilan (upper faunal level), Tetoiu 2 middle faunal horizon: Early Pleistocene, Romania
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Mammuthus meridionalis
(Nesti 1825)
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Allohippus stenonis
(Cocchi 1867)
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| Allohippus stenonis mitilanensis | ||||||||||
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= Equus stenonis
Cocchi 1867
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McKenna and Bell 1997 | |||||||||
| Equus stenonis mitilanensis | ||||||||||
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Allohippus ex gr. major
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= Equus ex gr. major
DeKay 1842
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McKenna and Bell 1997 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Dicerorhinus etruscus
(Falconer 1868)
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= Stephanorhinus etruscus
Falconer 1868
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O'Regan 2003 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Suidae
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Sus strozzii
Forsyth Major 1881
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Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Cervus nestii
(Azzaroli 1947)
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Eucladoceros sp.
Falconer 1868
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unclassified
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Allocaenelephas sp.
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Mammalia
- Giraffidae
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Mitilanotherium inexspectatum
Samson and Radulesco 1966
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Leptobos sp.
Rutimeyer 1878
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Megalovis latifrons
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Castoridae
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Castor plicidens
Major 1874
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Trogontherium boisvilletti
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Geography
| Country: | Romania |
| Coordinates: | 44.7° North, 23.9° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 44.7° North, 23.8° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Early Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 2.58 - 0.774 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Local bed: | Tetoiu 2 middle faunal horizon | ||||
| Local order: | bottom to top | ||||
| Regional section: | Dacic Basin | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Early Pleistocene. Faunal comparison indicates that the Middle Faunal Horizon (Tetoiu 2) correlates with the ?Tasso faunal unit, Seneze zone, Eburonian cold stage and Domashkinianhorizon/Odessan faunal complex. The middle faunal horizon corresponds to a general cooling and drying of the climate. The deposits consist of a basal succession of clays and sands, 8m thick, which underlies a sequence 6m thick, consisting predominantly of sands with gravel lenses. The upper faunal level consists of sands and gravels 0.5m thick, 0.7-1.0m above the main (lower) faunal level. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Lithology description: Sands and gravels. | |
| Environment: | fluvial-lacustrine indet. |
| Geology comments: The Middle faunal horizon is at the top of a 40m sequence of sands with gravel and pebble lenses and thin clay intercalations. 'The beds have an average dip of 1 to 2 degrees SE.' 'Two metres above the upper faunal level, frost structures (ice wedges, involution pockets) were recorded.' | |
Taphonomy
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
| Taxonomic list comments:Allohippus stenonis mitilanensis is a medium sized form with slender limbs. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 39866 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Turner | Enterer: | H. O'Regan |
| Modifier: | H. O'Regan | Research group: | PACED |
| Created: | 2004-06-10 04:15:24 | Last modified: | 2004-06-10 07:33:32 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-06-10 04:15:24 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 10805. | PACED | C. Radulesco and P. Samson. 1990. The Plio-Pleistocene mammalian succession of the Oltet Valley, Dacic Basin, Romania. Quatarpalaontologie 8:225-232 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan] |
Secondary references:
| 7584 | M. C. McKenna and S. K. Bell. 1997. Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level 1-640 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] | |
| 9580 | PACED | H. J. O'Regan. 2003. Reidentifications and synonomies of European mammals. [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/M. Uhen] |