Where: Slovenia (45.8° N, 14.2° E: paleocoordinates 45.7° N, 14.2° E)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)
• interglacial deposits Mindel/RiB
Environment/lithology: cave; unlithified conglomerate
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: R.-D. Kahlke. 1987. On the occurrence of Hippopotamus (Mammalia, Artiodactyla) in the Pleistocene of Achalkalaki (Gruzinian SSR, Soviet Union) and on the distribution of the genus in south-east Europe. Zeitschrift fur Geologische Wissenschaften 15:407-414 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 94488: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 22.02.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Hippopotamus antiquus Desmarest 1822 hippo |