Priozernoe, Moldawien


Fundort: Priozernoe, Moldawien, , Moldawien
Taxon: Dolichopithecus ruscinensis aus der Familie Cercopithecidae
Fossilien und Beschreibung der Fundstelle:
Macrofossils, "fossils belonging to the Kuchurgan faunal complex, which corresponds to the early Pliocene (Ruscinium)." (Baryshnikov & Zakharov, 2013), "The section reveals the strata of alluvial sediment divided into 4 layers (Chepalyga et al. 2011). The lower darkgray loamy-alluvial layer (thickness 2.0–3.5 m) is overlaid by yellow and yellow-gray sands (thickness 6.0–7.0 m) bearing the majority of mammal fossil remains. The geological unit situated above is formed by sandy-loam sediment (thickness 1.0–2.5 m) and by present-day soil (thickness 1.0–1.5 m)." (Baryshnikov & Zakharov, 2013)
Geschätztes Alter
der Fundstelle:
zwischen 3,6 und 5,333 Millionen Jahre aus der Formation in Moldawien
Geologie, Sratigraphie Zanclean / Early Pliocene /
Koordinaten: 46° 48 ' 13 '' N, 29° 55 ' 39 '' O

Literatur

G. F. Baryshnikov, D. S. Zakharov 2013, Early Pliocene Bear Ursus thibetanus (Mammalia, Carnivora) from Priozernoe Locality in the Dniester Basin (Moldova Republic). Proceedings of the Zoological Institute RAS. 317:1, p. 3 - 10

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