Capeni (Pliocene of Romania)
Where: Romania (46.0° N, 25.6° E: paleocoordinates 45.9° N, 25.4° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)
• Middle Pliocene, MN15. In the Baraolt Basin, in the Brasov Depression.
Environment/lithology:
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: C. Radulescu and P. Samson. 1985. Pliocene and Pleistocene mammalian biostratigraphy in southeastern Transylvania (Romania). Travaux de l'Institut de Speologie "Emile Racovitza". 24:85-95 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 40113: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 18.06.2004, edited by Jonathan Marcot
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Taxonomic list
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unclassified | |
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Mammalia | |
Zygolophodon borsoni mastodon | |
Anancus arvernensis Croizet and Jobert 1828 gomphothere | |
Hipparion sp. de Christol 1832 hipparionine horse | |
Dicerorhinus leptorhinus rhinoceros | |
Tapirus arvernensis Croizet and Jobert 1828 tapir | |
Metacervocerus cf. pardinensis Croizet and Jobert 1828 deer | |
"Parabos" athanasiui antelope | |
Sus minor pig | |
Machairodontinae indet. Gill 1872 cat | |
Protarctos boeckhi bear | |
Parailurus anglicus Dawkins 1888 red panda | |
Canis sp. Linnaeus 1758 canine | |
Romanocastor ? capeniensis, "Castor praefiber" = Castor fiber
Romanocastor ? capeniensis beaver
"Castor praefiber" = Castor fiber Linnaeus 1758 Eurasian beaver | |
Prospalax priscus mouse | |
? Mesopithecus monspessulanus Gervais 1859 monkey
Dolichopithecus ruscinensis Depéret 1889 monkey |