Also known as Etulia, Etulija, Novaya Etuliya
Where: Moldova (45.5° N, 28.4° E: paleocoordinates 45.7° N, 28.1° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Karbolia Formation, MN 15 (4.2 - 3.2 Ma)
• Lower Pliocene, Middle Ruscinian.
•Both Etuliya and Lucheshty localities occur in the Karbolia (= Karboliya, Carbolia) Fluvial Formation (= Karboliya Beds), which is widely exposed in the valleys of Pruth, Danube and
•Yalpug rivers in the south-western part of Moldova.
Environment/lithology: alluvial fan; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: Small mammals have been collected from the alluvium but are not listed here.
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•The materials studied here are stored in the collection of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Saint Petersburg, Russia (hereinafter – ZIN PH and ZISP). T
Primary reference: E. A. Vangengeim, I. A. Vislobokova, and M. V. Sotnikova. 1998. Large Ruscinian Mammalia in the Territory of the Former Soviet Union. Stratigraphy and Geological Correlation 6(4):368-382 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 50940: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 25.05.2005, edited by Terri Cleary and Grace Varnham
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Pseudopus pannonicus1 Kormos 1911 legless lizard five pari- etals (ZIN PH 2/279, 3/279, 4/279, 5/279, 6/279), one dentary (ZIN PH 1/279), one presacral vertebra (ZIN PH 7/279), and 11 osteoderms (ZIN PH 8-18/279)
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Mammalia | |
Anancus arvernensis Croizet and Jobert 1828 gomphothere | |
Vulpes praecorsac Kormos 1932 fox | |
Promephitis sp. Gaudry 1861 skunk | |
Pannonictis pliocaenicus mustelid carnivore
Martes sp. Frisch 1775 marten | |
Ursus sp. Linnaeus 1758 bear | |
Dicerorhinus sp. Gloger 1841 rhinoceros | |
"Cervus ? perrieri" = Praeelaphus perrieri, "Cervus ? pardinensis" = Metacervocerus pardinensis
"Cervus ? perrieri" = Praeelaphus perrieri Croizet and Jobert 1828 deer
"Cervus ? pardinensis" = Metacervocerus pardinensis Croizet and Jobert 1828 deer | |
Paracamelus alexejevi Khavesson 1950 camel |