Betfia 2: Early/Lower Pleistocene, Romania

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae
Plecotus crassidens n. sp. Kormos 1930
Eptesicus praeglacialis n. sp. Kormos 1930
Mammalia - Soricidae
Sorex margaritodon n. sp. Kormos 1930
Mammalia - Talpidae
Talpa praeglacialis n. sp. Kormos 1930
Talpa gracilis n. sp. Kormos 1930
Talpa episcopalis n. sp. Kormos 1930
Desmana thermalis n. sp. Kormos 1930
Kormos 1930
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Lagurus pannonicus n. sp. Kormos 1930
Mammalia - Rodentia - Zapodidae
Sicista praeloriger n. sp. Kormos 1930
Mammalia - Rodentia - Gliridae
Muscardinus dacicus n. sp. Kormos 1930
Glis antiquus n. sp. Kormos 1930
see common names

Geography
Country:Romania County:Bihor
Coordinates: 47.0° North, 22.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:46.9° North, 22.0° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Early/Lower Pleistocene
Age range of interval:2.58800 - 0.78100 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Environment:cave
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Disassociated major elements:many
Disassociated minor elements:many
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Püspökfürdö Somleu Hill
Database number:71662
Authorizer:L. van den Hoek Ostende Enterer:L. van den Hoek Ostende
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2007-05-03 13:17:53 Last modified:2007-05-03 16:17:53
Access level:the public Released:2007-05-03 13:17:52
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

24188. T. Kormos. 1930. Diagnosen neuer Säugetiere aus dem Oberpliozänen fauna des Somlyóberges bei Püspökfürdö. Annales Musei Nationalis Hungarici 27:237-246 [L. van den Hoek Ostende/L. van den Hoek Ostende]

Secondary references:

24255 T. Kormos. 1930. Desmana thermalis n.sp. eine neue präglaziale Bisamspitzmaus aus Ungarn. Annales Musei Nationalis Hungarici 27:1-19 [L. van den Hoek Ostende/L. van den Hoek Ostende]