RT Journal Article
T1 The carnivoran record from the Neogene of eastern Romania
A1 Kargopoulos, Nikolaos
A1 Valenciano Vaquero, Alberto
A1 Kampouridis, Panagiotis
A1 Vasile, Stefan
A1 Laurentiu, Ursachi
A1 Ratoi, Bogdan Gabriel
AB The present work deals with the carnivorans found in five Neogene localities in eastern Romania: the Vallesian locality of Păun, the Turolian localities of Pogana 1 and Creţeşti 1, and the Ruscinian localities of Bereşti and Măluşteni. The presented material includes cranial and postcranial specimens, some of which are herein described for the first time. This study includes a re-description and re-depiction of the type material of Lutra rumana Simionescu, 1922 and Promephitis malustenensis Simionescu, 1930, in order to clarify the taxonomic position of these two enigmatic taxa. The carnivoran faunal lists of all five localities are reviewed offering interesting insights into the temporospatial range of the discovered forms. Most localities have only yielded a limited number of species, except from Măluşteni, which shows evidence of at least nine different coexisting forms. Notable occurrences in terms of biostratigraphy include Paludolutra sp. in Pogana 1, Protictitherium crassum (Depéret, 1892) in Creţeşti 1, and a phocid from Măluşteni. This review aims to aid the understanding of the Neogene ecosystems in the north of the Paratethys in terms of faunal contents, biostratigraphy and palaeoecology.
PB Milano University Press
YR 2024
FD 2024-06-28
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/107927
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/107927
LA eng
NO Kargopoulos, Nikolaos, et al. «The carnivoran record from the Neogene of eastern Romania».  Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia, vol. 130, n.o 2, junio de 2024, https://doi.org/10.54103/2039-4942/22194.
NO MCIN/ AEI/10.13039/501100011033
NO Universidad Complutense de Madrid
NO Ministry of Research, Innovation and Digitization, CNCS – UEFISCDI
DS Docta Complutense
RD 29 jun 2025