Krapina: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Croatia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Emydidae
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Emys orbicularis
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Mammalia
- Hippopotamidae
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? Hippopotamus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Geography
| Country: | Croatia |
| Coordinates: | 46.2° North, 15.9° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 46.2° North, 15.9° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| Stage: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.12900 - 0.01170 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 94487 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen, E. Vlachos | Enterer: | M. Uhen, E. Vlachos | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2010-02-22 11:53:37 | Last modified: | 2010-02-22 13:53:37 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2010-02-22 11:53:36 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 32133. | R.-D. Kahlke. 1987. On the occurrence of Hippopotamus (Mammalia, Artiodactyla) in the Pleistocene of Achalkalaki (Gruzinian SSR, Soviet Union) and on the distribution of the genus in south-east Europe. Zeitschrift fur Geologische Wissenschaften 15:407-414 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/J. Alroy] |
Secondary references:
| 66368 | J. A. Holman. 1998. Pleistocene Amphibians and Reptiles in Britain and Europe. Oxford Monographs on Geology and Geophysics 1-265 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos] |