Gomarethi, Chida-Karthli region (Pliocene of Georgia)

Where: Karthli, Georgia (41.9° N, 44.4° E: paleocoordinates 41.9° N, 46.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)

• Middle to earliest part of the Late Pliocene. Continental deposits.

Environment/lithology:

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: L. Gabounia. 1974. A propos du Villafranchian du Caucase. Memoires du Bureau de Recherches Geologiques et Minieres 78(1):145-148 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 40393: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 23.06.2004

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Taxonomic list

• 'Un Mastodonte anacoide' in the text has been taken to mean Anancus arvernensis, which is shown in Figure 1.
Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
"Dicerorhinus megarhinus" = Dihoplus megarhinus
"Dicerorhinus megarhinus" = Dihoplus megarhinus de Christol 1835 rhinoceros
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hipparion crusafonti hipparionine horse
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Procapreolus sp. Schlosser 1929 deer
 Artiodactyla - Giraffidae
Giraffa sp. Brisson 1762 giraffe
 Carnivora - Ursidae
Ursus cf. arvernensis Croizet and Jobert 1828 bear
 Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Anancus arvernensis Croizet and Jobert 1828 gomphothere