Also known as DKV
Where: Bulgaria (42.0° N, 24.1° E: paleocoordinates 41.8° N, 23.9° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: MN 14 (4.9 - 4.2 Ma)
• "an immense concentration of skeletons in a layer more than 1 m thick"
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: quarrying,
• material is in the National Museum of Natural History in Sofia
•excavations were conducted from 1985 through 1987
Primary reference: E. Delson, H. Thomas, and N. Spassov. 2005. Fossil Old World monkeys (Primates, Cercopithecidae) from the Pliocene of Dorkovo, Bulgaria. Geodiversitas 27(1):159-166 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 71061: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 16.04.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Anancus arvernensis Croizet and Jobert 1828 gomphothere | |
Mammut borsoni Hays 1834 mastodon | |
Prosomys insuliferus mouse | |
Dolichopithecus ruscinensis Depéret 1889 monkey
Mesopithecus monspessulanus Gervais 1859 monkey | |
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Mustelidae indet. Fischer 1817 mustelid carnivore | |
Suidae indet. Gray 1821 pig | |
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821 antelope | |
Cervidae indet. Gray 1821 deer | |
Stephanorhinus megarhinus rhinoceros | |
Hipparion crassum Gervais 1859 hipparionine horse |