A mid-Miocene age for the Slanci formation near Belgrade (Serbia), based on a record of the primitive antelope Eotragus cf. Clavatus from Višnjica

Authors

  • Jan Van Der Made Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, c. José Gutierrez Abascal 2, E-28006 Madrid, Spain
  • Slobodan Knežević Department of Geology, Faculty of Mining and Geology, University of Belgrade, Kamenička 6, P.O. Box 227, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia.
  • Ivan Stefanović Department of Geology, Faculty of Mining and Geology, University of Belgrade, Kamenička 6, P.O. Box 227, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2298/GABP0701053v

Keywords:

miocene, badenian, Serbia, Belgrade, Slanci formation, bovidae, eotragus

Abstract

In a borhole at Veliko Selo near Belgrade in the Miocene lacustrine sediments Slanci, which are locally known as the Slanačka Serija, a mammal tooth was found. The age of these deposits is under discussion. The fossil is here described and attributed with a query to the primitive antelope Eotragus clavatus (GERVAIS, 1850), which is suggestive of a Early Serravallian ("upper Badenian") or Early Middle Miocene age for these deposits, whereas an Aquitalian or Eggenburgian ("Egerian" or "Eggenburgian") (Early Miocene) age can be ruled out.

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Published

2007-12-20

Issue

Vol. 68 No. 1 (2007): Geološki anali Balkanskoga poluostrva

Section

Original Scientific Paper

How to Cite

“A mid-Miocene age for the Slanci formation near Belgrade (Serbia), based on a record of the primitive antelope Eotragus cf. Clavatus from Višnjica” (2007) Geološki anali Balkanskoga poluostrva, 68(1), pp. 53–59. doi:10.2298/GABP0701053v.