First report of a Pliocene pike (Esocidae: Esox) in Transylvania, Romania

Authors

  • Vlad Aurel Codrea Babeș-Bolyai University Cluj-Napoca, Laboratory of Paleotheriology and Quaternary Geology, 1, Kogălniceanu Str., R-400084 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
  • Nicolae Trif 1. Babeș-Bolyai University Cluj-Napoca, Laboratory of Paleotheriology and Quaternary Geology, 1, Kogălniceanu Str., R-400084 Cluj-Napoca, Romania & 2. Natural History Museum, Brukenthal National Museum, Sibiu; 1 Cetății Str., R-550160 Sibiu, Romania
  • Levente Toth Babeș-Bolyai University Cluj-Napoca, Laboratory of Paleotheriology and Quaternary Geology, 1, Kogălniceanu Str., R-400084 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7306/gq.1428

Keywords:

fossil fish, Early Pliocene, Brașov Basin, Transylvania, Romania

Abstract

Pliocene fish species based on skeleton remains and associated teeth ever reported from the inner Carpathian area in Romania in the Braşov Basin (Baraolt sub-basin), which refers to a pike (Esox sp.). The fish fossils illustrating a large-sized specimen originate from the South Racoş coal open pit (Racoşu de Sus, Covasna County), in the so-called “Formation with Limnocardium” (Dacian, Lower Pliocene). Comparisons with osteological material of recent pikes originating from various localities in Romania are presented. The associated mollusc fauna known from the formation that yielded the pike remains suggests the presence of a lake with a stratified water column in the Baraolt sub-basin.

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Published

2018-09-12

Issue

Vol. 62 No. 3 (2018)

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