Also known as Betfia VII/4a Somleu Hill
Where: Romania (47.0° N, 22.0° E: paleocoordinates 46.9° N, 22.0° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.1 Ma)
• Site overview: the site of Betfia has a height of 8m and encompasses four complexes of layers. The last (level 4) is made up of loess-like deposits, accumulated in sub-aerial conditions. Level 4 comprises two layers of loess separated by a fossil soil. Level 4a is the first loess level and is correlated with Glacial A of the Cromerian (= Early Middle Pleistocene, approx. 0.7Ma)
Environment/lithology: loess
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collection methods: bulk,
• SItes discovered between 1966 and 1991 and excavated by the Bucharest Speleological Institute and the "Tarii Crisurilor" Museum of Oradea.
Primary reference: E. Terzea. 1996. Biochronology of the Pleistocene deposits at Betfia (Bihor, Romania). Acta Zoologica Cracovensia 39(1):531-540 [A. Behrensmeyer/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 34010: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 12.08.2003
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Mammalia | |
Mammuthus cf. trogontherii Pohlig 1885 mammoth | |
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Bison schoetensacki bison | |
? Crocuta sp. Erxleben 1777 spotted hyaena | |
Ursus cf. deningeri Reichenau 1904 bear | |
Mustela palerminea, "Gulo schlosseri" = Gulo gulo
"Gulo schlosseri" = Gulo gulo Linnaeus 1758 wolverine | |
Canis mosbachensis Soergel 1925 canine | |
Beremendia fissidens Petényi 1864 shrew | |
Ochotona sp. Link 1795 pika | |
Lepus sp. Linnaeus 1758 hare | |
Marmota cf. marmota Linnaeus 1758 Alpine marmot
Spermophilus primigenius ground squirrel | |
Sicista praeloriger Kormos 1930 birch mouse | |
Lagurus transylvanicus, Allocricetus bursae, Pliomys episcopalis, Pliomys lenki, "Clethrionomys ex gr. glareolus" = Myodes, Lemmus aff. lemmus, Mimomys savini, Microtus arvalidens, Microtus gregaloides, Microtus nivalinus, Microtus nivaloides, Microtus ratticepoides, Microtus agrestis, Cricetus cricetus
Allocricetus bursae mouse
Pliomys episcopalis mouse
Pliomys lenki mouse
Lemmus aff. lemmus Linnaeus 1758 Norway lemming
Mimomys savini vole | |
"Apodemus ex gr. sylvaticus" = Mus sylvaticus, Spalax sp.
Spalax sp. Güldenstadt 1770 blind mole |