Tarakliya (Miocene of Moldova)

Where: Moldova (46.6° N, 28.9° E: paleocoordinates 46.9° N, 28.2° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Tortonian (11.6 - 7.2 Ma)

• Meotian

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: E. I. Belyaeva. 1948. Catalogue of Tertiary Fossil Sites of the Land Mammals in the U.S.S.R. [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 75802: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 30.10.2007

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Rodentia - Hystricidae
 Rodentia - Castoridae
Castor fiber Linnaeus 1758 Eurasian beaver
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
 Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Rhinoceros (Diceros) pachyganthus one-horned rhinoceros
"Rhinoceros (Ceratorhinus) schleiermacheri" = Dihoplus schleiermacheri Kaup 1834 rhinoceros
Aceratherium incisivum Cuvier 1824 rhinoceros
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hipparion sp. de Christol 1832 hipparionine horse
Hipparion mediterraneum Roth and Wagner 1855 hipparionine horse
originally entered as "Hipparion meditterraneum"
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
"Sus major" = Microstonyx major
"Sus major" = Microstonyx major Gervais 1848 pig
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
"Cervavitus taracliensis" = Cervavitus, "Cervocerus novorossiae" = Cervavitus, "Damacerus bessarabica" = Cervavitus
"Cervavitus taracliensis" = Cervavitus deer
"Cervocerus novorossiae" = Cervavitus deer
"Damacerus bessarabica" = Cervavitus deer
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Gazella sp. Blaineville 1816 gazelle
Tragocerus amaltheus antelope
var. parvidens
Tragocerus sp. Gaudry 1861 antelope
"Tragocerus rugosifrons" = Tragoportax rugosifrons Schlosser 1904 antelope
Tragoreas oryxoides Schlosser 1904 antelope
Palaeoryx majori Schlosser 1904 antelope
 Artiodactyla - Giraffidae
Samotherium boissieri Forsyth Major 1888 giraffe
"Camelopardalis sp." = Giraffa Brisson 1762 giraffe
"Palaeotragus roueni" = Palaeotragus rouenii Gaudry 1861 giraffe
Helladotherium sp. Gaudry 1860 giraffe
Helladotherium duvernoyi Gaudry and Lartet 1856 giraffe
 Carnivora - Felidae
"Machairodus schlosseri" = Paramachaerodus schlosseri Weithofer 1888 cat
Machairodus sp. Kaup 1833 cat
Machairodus aphanistus Kaup 1833 cat
var. tarakliensis
"Felis attica" = Pristifelis attica Wagner 1857 cat
Felis sp. Linnaeus 1758 cat
 Carnivora - Hyaenidae
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
Mustela sp. Linnaeus 1758 weasel
 Proboscidea - Deinotheriidae
"Dinotherium giganteum" = Deinotherium giganteum
"Dinotherium giganteum" = Deinotherium giganteum Kaup 1829 deinothere
 Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
"Mastodon longirostris" = Tetralophodon longirostris
"Mastodon longirostris" = Tetralophodon longirostris Kaup 1832 gomphothere
 Proboscidea - Mammutidae
"Mastodon sp." = Mammut, "Mastodon turicensis" = Zygolophodon turicensis
"Mastodon sp." = Mammut Blumenbach 1799 mastodon
"Mastodon turicensis" = Zygolophodon turicensis Schintz 1824 mastodon
Reptilia
 Testudines - Testudinidae
Testudo tarakliensis Riabinin 1918 turtle
"Testudo bessarabica" = Protestudo bessarabica Riabinin 1918 turtle