Capeni: Pliocene, Romania
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Cercopithecidae
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Dolichopithecus ruscinensis
Depéret 1889
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? Mesopithecus monspessulanus
(Gervais 1859)
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Prospalax priscus
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Castoridae
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Romanocastor ? capeniensis
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Castor praefiber
Deperet 1890
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Ursidae
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Protarctos boeckhi
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Ailuridae
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Parailurus anglicus
(Dawkins 1888)
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Canis sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Felidae
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Felidae indet.
Gray 1821
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Machairodontinae indet.
Gill 1872
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Dicerorhinus leptorhinus
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Tapiridae
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Tapirus arvernensis
Croizet and Jobert 1828
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Hipparion sp.
de Christol 1832
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unclassified
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Macrohippus sylvarum
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| a monodactyl horse named by Kretzoi in 1938. | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Cervus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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| the size of Capreolus | ||||||||||
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Metacervocerus cf. pardinensis
(Croizet and Jobert 1828)
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Bovidae indet.
Gray 1821
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| Bison-like | ||||||||||
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"Parabos" athanasiui
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Mammalia
- Suidae
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Sus minor
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Gomphotheriidae
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Anancus arvernensis
(Croizet and Jobert 1828)
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Mammutidae
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Zygolophodon borsoni
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Geography
| Country: | Romania |
| Coordinates: | 46.0° North, 25.6° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 45.9° North, 25.4° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Pliocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Pliocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 5.333 - 2.58 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Regional section: | Baraolt Basin | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Middle Pliocene, MN15. In the Baraolt Basin, in the Brasov Depression. | |||||
Lithology and environment
Taphonomy
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 40113 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Turner, J. Marcot | Enterer: | H. O'Regan, J. Marcot |
| Modifier: | H. O'Regan | Research group: | PACED |
| Created: | 2004-06-18 08:11:27 | Last modified: | 2004-06-18 11:11:27 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-06-18 08:11:27 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 10873. | PACED | C. Radulescu and P. Samson. 1985. Pliocene and Pleistocene mammalian biostratigraphy in southeastern Transylvania (Romania). Travaux de l'Institut de Speologie "Emile Racovitza". 24:85-95 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan] |
Secondary references:
| 62999 | E. Cregut-Bonnoure and E. Tsoukala. 2017. The Pliocene Artiodactyla and Proboscidea (Mammalia) from Gephyra (lower Axios valley, Macedonia, Greece). Discovery of a new boselaphine. Quaternary International [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos] |