Trifeshty, Moldova: MN 15, Moldova

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Anancus arvernensis (Croizet and Jobert 1828)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Lynx ex gr. brevirostris
Lynx ex gr. brevirostris-issiodorensis
see common names

Geography
Country:Moldova
Coordinates: 45.5° North, 29.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:45.7° North, 28.7° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period: Neogene Epoch: Pliocene
10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 6
Key time interval: MN 15
Age range of interval: 4.2 - 3.2 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Regional section:Karboliya
Stratigraphy comments: Lower Pliocene, Middle Ruscinian.
Lithology and environment
Geology comments: In the Karboliya alluvium.
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some macrofossils
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Collection method comments: Small mammals have been collected from the alluvium but are not listed here.
Metadata
Database number:50937
Authorizer:A. Turner Enterer:H. O'Regan
Modifier:H. O'Regan Research group:PACED
Created:2005-05-25 02:41:44 Last modified:2005-05-25 05:42:45
Access level:the public Released:2005-05-25 02:41:44
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

13592.PACED E. A. Vangengeim, I. A. Vislobokova, and M. V. Sotnikova. 1998. Large Ruscinian Mammalia in the Territory of the Former Soviet Union. Stratigraphy and Geological Correlation 6(4):368-382 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan]