Vasile & Petculescu - Preliminary taphonomic analysis of the megafaunal assemblage from the Pleistocene of Copăceni; Poster CZGA 2013 (original) (raw)
A preliminary description of the fossil vertebrates from six sites in the surroundings of Vaterá on Lesvos is given. Characteristic elements from the richest site are: a giant turtle, Paradolichopithecus arvernensis, Nyctereutes megamastoides, Meles thorali, cf. Anancus arvernensis, Equus cf. stenonis, Dama cf. rhenana, Mitilanotherium cf. inexpectatum, Gazella cf. bouvrainae, Gazella aff. borbonica and Gazellospira cf. torticornis. The other sites yielded poorer, but otherwise similar faunas, with in addition: cf. Mammuthus meridionalis, Stephanorhinus cf. etruscus and better material of Anancus arvernensis. These faunas are considered to be Late Pliocene in age and comparable with the faunas of Vólax, Dafneró and Sésklo (Greece).
ADDITIONAL PROBOSCIDEAN FOSSILS FROM MAVRODIN (TELEORMAN COUNTY, ROMANIA)
Oltenia. Studii şi comunicări. Ştiinţele Naturii, 2012
This paper describes proboscidean fossil remains (partial mandibles, isolated molars) recently discovered in the Pleistocene deposits from Mavrodin (Teleorman County). Based on dentition characters, the remains have been assigned to Mammuthus meridionalis and M. trogontherii, mammoth species previously reported from the same locality. The age of death of the animals has also been estimated, when the preservation state of the material allowed it. The microscopic study of the enamel is in agreement with the taxonomic assignment based on the morphological parameters, also allowing the assessment of more fragmentary material. The evolution stage of the specimens belonging to each species has been discussed preliminarily.