Birzavita II: Messinian, Romania
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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aff. Alicornops simorrense
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Codrea 1992 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| P4 dext. | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Delphinidae
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Delphinidae indet.
Gray 1821
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Codrea et al. 1991 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| caudal vertebra | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Tragulidae
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Dorcatherium crassum
Lartet 1851
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Codrea 1992 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| mandible right ramus with DP/2-M/3 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Suidae
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Listriodon aff. lockharti
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Codrea et al. 1991 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| upper sin. canine | ||||||||||
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= Bunolistriodon aff. lockharti
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Codrea 1996 | |||||||||
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Listriodon splendens
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Codrea 1996 | 11 specimens | ||||||||
| L. splendens splendens, fragments of damaged mandible rami and left I/1, right and left I/2, right P/2, right M/1, fragments of right and left M/3, fragments (proximal and distal) of a radius | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Gomphotheriidae
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Trilophodon angustidens
(Cuvier 1806)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| fragment of apical, probably lower tusk | ||||||||||
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= Gomphotherium angustidens
Burmeister 1837
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Codrea et al. 1991 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Deinotheriidae
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Deinotherium levius
Jourdan 1868
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Codrea et al. 1991 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| synonym of Deinotherium giganteum | ||||||||||
| P4 dext. | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Romania |
| Coordinates: | 46.3° North, 22.0° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 46.1° North, 21.9° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Altitude: | 304 meters |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| Stage: | Messinian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Messinian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 7.24600 - 5.33300 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphy comments: The third level of the present quarry on the Birzavita Valley (Birzavita II), basal Sarmatian (Volhynian) |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | tuff |
| Secondary lithology: | diatomaceous "siliciclastic" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: tuffaceous-diatomitic complex within andesite pyroclasts | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Disassociated minor elements: | all |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 35125 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | E. Leckey |
| Modifier: | E. Leckey | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Subset of collection #: | 35124 | ||
| Created: | 2003-11-13 15:40:06 | Last modified: | 2004-03-04 16:53:24 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2003-11-13 15:40:06 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 9973. | E. Nicorici. 1976. Trilophodon angusstidens (Cuvier) din Sarmatianul inferior de la Minisul de Sus (Bazinul Zarandului). Dari de Seama ale Sedintelor Series 3. Paleontologie 62:77-79 [J. Alroy/E. Leckey/E. Leckey] |
Secondary references:
| 9457 | V. Codrea. 1992. New mammal remains from the Sarmatian deposits an Minisu de Sus (Taut, Arad County). Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai, Geologica 2:35-41 [J. Alroy/E. Leckey/E. Leckey] | |
| 9312 | 5% 1400 | V. Codrea. 1996. Additional data concernin the early Sarmatian Listriodontinae of Minisu de Sus. Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai, Geologica 41(2):93-101 [J. Alroy/E. Leckey/E. Leckey] |
| 9455 | V. Codrea, A. L. Laslo-Faur, C. Dudas, A. Hosu, and O. Barbu. 1991. Volcanic tuffs from the Transylvania Basin, Romania. Geological Formations of Transylvania, Romania 3:103-109 [J. Alroy/E. Leckey/M. Uhen] | |
| 9456 | V. Codrea, A. Laslo-Faur, and C. Dudas. 1991. Gigantic Suid: Listriodon aff. lockharti (Pomel) from the Sarmatian diatomic-tuffaceous complex at Minisu de Sus (Taut, Arad District). Volcanic tuffs from the Transylvania Basin, Romania 93-102 [J. Alroy/E. Leckey/E. Leckey] |