Pocsesti (Miocene of Moldova)

Where: Moldova (47.3° N, 28.7° E: paleocoordinates 47.6° N, 28.0° E)

• coordinate stated in text

When: MN10 mammal zone, Chersonian Formation (Balta Group), Tortonian (11.6 - 7.2 Ma)

• early late Sarmatian s. l. (= early Tortonian), Chersonian stage, Balta suite; 9.8 mya = Tortonian; MN10)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lagoonal; claystone

• Clay and marl with numerous pebbles

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: P. E. Goldin and V. A. Marareskul. 2013. Miocene toothed whales (Cetacea, Odontoceti) from the Dniester Valley: The first record of sperm whales (Physeteroidea) from the Eastern Europe. Vestnik Zoologii 47(5):409-414 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 152254: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 13.11.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Osteichthyes
 Acipenseriformes - Accipenseridae
Accipenseridae indet. ray-finned fish
Amphibia
 Salientia - Discoglossidae
Bombina sp. Oken 1816 fire-bellied toad
 Salientia - Hylidae
Hyla sp. Laurenti 1768 tree frog
Mammalia
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Collimys sp. Daxner-Höck 1972 mouse
Neocricetodon sp. Schaub 1934 mouse
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Alilepus sp. Dice 1931 rabbit
 Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hipparion aff. verae hipparionine horse
Hipparion aff. giganteum hipparionine horse
 Cetacea -
Physeteroidea indet. Gray 1868 toothed whale
 Cetacea - Delphinidae
Delphinidae indet. Gray 1821 dolphin
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
 Artiodactyla - Giraffidae
"Achtiaria aff. moldavicus" = Palaeotragus
"Achtiaria aff. moldavicus" = Palaeotragus giraffe
 Carnivora - Felidae
Metailurus cf. parvulus Hensel 1862 cat
Machairodus cf. giganteus Wagner 1848 cat
 Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Protictitherium sp. Kretzoi 1938 hyaena
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
Parataxidea sp. Zdansky 1924 mustelid carnivore
 Sirenia - Dugongidae
Dugongidae indet. Gray 1821 dugong
cf. Metaxytherium sp. de Christol 1840 dugong
 Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Tetralophodon longirostris Kaup 1832 gomphothere
Reptilia
 Testudines - Testudinidae
Protestudo sp. Chkhikvadze 1970 turtle
Aves
 Struthioniformes - Struthionidae
Struthio sp. Linnaeus 1758 ostrich
Actinopteri
 Esociformes - Esocidae
Esox sp. Linnaeus 1758 pike
 Cypriniformes - Cyprinidae
Rutilus frisii carp-like fish
Leuciscus sp. Cuvier 1817 carp-like fish
Scardinius sp. Sauvage 1873 carp-like fish
Tinca sp. Cuvier 1817 carp-like fish