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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
• 'Un Mastodonte anacoide' in the text has been taken to mean Anancus arvernensis, which is shown in Figure 1.
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Mammalia | |
"Dicerorhinus megarhinus" = Dihoplus megarhinus
"Dicerorhinus megarhinus" = Dihoplus megarhinus de Christol 1835 rhinoceros | |
Hipparion crusafonti hipparionine horse | |
Procapreolus sp. Schlosser 1929 deer | |
Giraffa sp. Brisson 1762 giraffe | |
Ursus cf. arvernensis Croizet and Jobert 1828 bear | |
Anancus arvernensis Croizet and Jobert 1828 gomphothere |