Also known as Valea Tetoi, Graunceanu
Where: Romania (44.8° N, 23.9° E: paleocoordinates 44.9° N, 23.7° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Late/Upper Pliocene (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)
• Late Pliocene, just before the Olduvai event (based on palaeomagnetism). Faunal comparison indicates that the Lower Faunal Horizon (Tetoiu 1) correlates with the upper part of the Khaprov faunal complex, upper MN17 (St Vallier Zone), probably equivalent to the Tiglian warm stage. It is suggested that Valea Graunceanului correlates with zone 5C of the Tiglian, and is a warmer pahse than that represnted by La Pietris.
•Site is approximately 88m below the top of the section, at the base of a silty sand, about 1.5m thick.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; silty sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: A. Bolomey. 1965. Die fauna zweier villafrankischer Fundstellen in Rumaenien. Berichte der geologischen Gesellschaft der DDR, Berlin 10(1):77-88 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 39846: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 09.06.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Felis sp. Linnaeus 1758 cat | |
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Ursus etruscus Cuvier 1823 bear | |
Nyctereutes megamastoides Pomel 1842 raccoon dog | |
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Hippopotamus sp. Linnaeus 1758 hippo | |
Sus sp. Linnaeus 1758 pig | |
Cervus sp. Linnaeus 1758 deer
"Dama nestii" = Cervus nestii Azzaroli 1947 deer
Capreolus sp. Gray 1821 roe | |
"Mitilanotherium inexspectatum" = Palaeotragus inexspectatus3
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Gazella sp. Blaineville 1816 gazelle | |
"Castor plicidens" = Castor fiber Linnaeus 1758 Eurasian beaver | |
Hystrix refossa porcupine | |
Paradolichopithecus arvernensis3 Deperet 1929 monkey 3 female skulls and one mandible, 1 male skull and 2 sets of back teeth.
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