Subpiatrǎ 2/1R (Miocene of Romania)
Also known as Subpiatra 2/1R
Where: Bihor, Romania (47.0° N, 22.3° E: paleocoordinates 46.4° N, 21.9° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: MN 6 (13.7 - 12.8 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; sandy claystone and siltstone
• Environment not really commented on
• In the Subpiatrã 2/1R and 2/1L localities microvertebrate remains and terrestrial molluscs were found in 15-20 cm thick sandy clay and silt deposits, interbedded into a series of clay and calcareous clay layers.
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Primary reference: M. Venczel, J. Hír, R. R. Huza and E. D. Popa Golban. 2005. A new middle Miocene vertebrate fauna from Subpiatrǎ (Bihor County, Romania). Nymphaea 12:23-38 [T. Cleary/T. Cleary]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 200044: authorized by Terri Cleary, entered by Terri Cleary on 28.02.2019, edited by Grace Varnham
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
• All fossils so far belong to the Ţării Crişurilor Museum in Oradea
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Latonia gigantea Lartet 1851 frog | |
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Rana (Pelophylax) sp. Linnaeus 1758 frog | |
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Salamandridae indet.2 Gray 1825 newt This paper discusses min. no. of individuals rather than specimens
Triturus sp. Rafinesque 1815 newt Numbers of non-mammals from this paper are given as minimum number of individuals
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Vipera sp. Laurenti 1768 pit viper | |
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Colubrinae indet. Oppel 1811 colubrid snake | |
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Lacerta sp. Linnaeus 1758 squamates | |
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Ophisaurus sp. Daudin 1803 glass lizard | |
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cf. Diplocynodon sp. Pomel 1847 crocodilian | |
| Mammalia | |
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Democricetodon brevis Schaub 1925 mouse
Megacricetodon sp. Fahlbusch 1964 mouse | |
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Muscardinus sansaniensis Lartet 1856 dormouse
Myoglis meini de Bruijn 1966 dormouse | |
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