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 | |
Canis mosbachensis Soergel 1925 canine | |
Ursus cf. deningeri Reichenau 1904 bear | |
Mustela palerminea, "Gulo schlosseri" = Gulo gulo
"Gulo schlosseri" = Gulo gulo Linnaeus 1758 wolverine | |
Beremendia fissidens Petényi 1864 shrew | |
Lagurus transylvanicus, Cricetus cricetus, Microtus arvalidens, Microtus gregaloides, Microtus nivalinus, Microtus nivaloides, Microtus ratticepoides, Microtus agrestis, Mimomys savini, "Clethrionomys ex gr. glareolus" = Myodes, Lemmus aff. lemmus, Allocricetus bursae, Pliomys episcopalis, Pliomys lenki
Mimomys savini vole
Lemmus aff. lemmus Linnaeus 1758 Norway lemming
Allocricetus bursae mouse
Pliomys episcopalis mouse
Pliomys lenki mouse | |
Spalax sp., "Apodemus ex gr. sylvaticus" = Mus sylvaticus
Spalax sp. Güldenstadt 1770 blind mole | |
Sicista praeloriger Kormos 1930 birch mouse | |
Spermophilus primigenius ground squirrel
Marmota cf. marmota Linnaeus 1758 Alpine marmot | |
Ochotona sp. Link 1795 pika | |
Lepus sp. Linnaeus 1758 hare |