Kozi Grzbiet (Pleistocene of Poland)
Where: Taganrog, Poland (50.5° N, 20.2° E: paleocoordinates 50.5° N, 20.2° E)
When: Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.1 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified, brown, sandy lithology not reported
• The composition of the vertebrate fauna suggests a moist and sylvan environment
• Unit 2 is composed principally of yellowish-brown to dark brown sandy loams and contains abundant fossils.. Paleomagnetic investigation of the sediment revealed positive magnetic polarity referred to Brunhes normal magnetic epoch.
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate, bone collector
Primary reference: L. Fostowicz-Frelik. 2008. First record of Trogontherium cuvieri (Mammalia, Rodentia) from the middle Pleistocene of Poland and review of the species. [M. Uhen/J. So]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 189273: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Jeankyong So on 08.10.2017
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
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Trogontherium cuvieri Owen 1846 beaver | |