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

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Macrohippus sylvarum
a monodactyl horse named by Kretzoi in 1938.
Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Mammutidae
 Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Anancus arvernensis Croizet and Jobert 1828 gomphothere
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hipparion sp. de Christol 1832 hipparionine horse
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
 Perissodactyla - Tapiridae
Tapirus arvernensis Croizet and Jobert 1828 tapir
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Cervus sp. Linnaeus 1758 deer
the size of Capreolus
Metacervocerus cf. pardinensis Croizet and Jobert 1828 deer
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821 antelope
Bison-like
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
 Carnivora - Felidae
Felidae indet. Gray 1821 cat
the size of Lynx
 Carnivora - Ursidae
 Carnivora - Ailuridae
Parailurus anglicus Dawkins 1888 red panda
 Carnivora - Canidae
Canis sp. Linnaeus 1758 canine
 Rodentia - Castoridae
"Castor praefiber" = Castor fiber Linnaeus 1758 Eurasian beaver
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
 Primates - Cercopithecidae
? Mesopithecus monspessulanus Gervais 1859 monkey
Dolichopithecus ruscinensis Depéret 1889 monkey