Where: Moldova (45.5° N, 29.0° E: paleocoordinates 45.7° N, 28.7° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: MN 15 (4.2 - 3.2 Ma)
• Lower Pliocene, Middle Ruscinian. The actual localities the material comes from is not known, as it was collected in the early 20th century and the stratigraphic information is lost. However, the assemblages are important as they contain several species that haven't been found from other localities. It has all been entered as one faunal list (as presented in the paper).
Environment/lithology:
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: Small mammals have been collected from the alluvium but are not listed here.
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 50942: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 25.05.2005, edited by Jonathan Marcot
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Zygolophodon borsoni mastodon | |
Macaca sp. Lacépède 1799 macaque | |
Paracamelus alexejevi Khavesson 1950 camel | |
Hippopotamus sp. Linnaeus 1758 hippo | |
Parabos boodon Gervais 1853 antelope | |
Procapreolus cf. cusanus Croizet and Jobert 1928 deer | |
Hipparion sp. de Christol 1832 hipparionine horse |