Where: Slovakia (48.6° N, 18.3° E: paleocoordinates 48.6° N, 18.3° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Quaternary (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)
• Upper Pontian? "In the basement of Quaternary cover formation are Upper Pontian sediments."
Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; poorly lithified sandstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Primary reference: P. Holec. 1985. Finds of mastodon (Proboscidea, Mammalia) relics in Neogene and Quaternary sediments of Slovakia (CSSR). Zapadne Karpaty, ser. paleontologia 10:13-53 [J. Alroy/E. Leckey/E. Leckey]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 34582: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Erin Leckey on 10.09.2003
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Mammutidae indet. Hay 1922 mastodon |