Prvi nalazak fosilnog tapira u Srbiji

The first find of fossil tapir in Serbia

  • Milorad B. Pavlović University of Belgrade, Faculty of Mining and Geology, Institute of Regional Geology and Paleontology, Kamenička 6, 11000 Belgrade
Keywords: Fossil tapir, Tapirus, Metohian Neogene, Djonaj, premolars, molars, Pliocene, Pontian

Abstract

Fossil tapir remains were discovered in a small coal field at the village of Djonaj, near Prizren, in the extreme southwest of Metohian depression. This is the only find of a fossil tapir in Serbia. A dextral maxillar dentition with two last premolars and first two molars (P3-M2 dext.) have morphologic and mor-phometric characteristics equivalent to Tapirus arvemensis Deveze et Bouillet. The described tapir remains, known paleomalacological and paleofloral data, geological relations, and regional distribution of similar productive (coal) deposits indicate Lower Pliocene (Pontian) age of the coal bed in which tapir was found.

Published
1995-12-20
How to Cite
Pavlović, M. (1995) “Prvi nalazak fosilnog tapira u Srbiji”, Geološki anali Balkanskoga poluostrva, 59(2), pp. 141-154. Available at: https://gabp.rgf.bg.ac.rs/index.php/gabp/article/view/463 (Accessed: 23November2024).
Issue
Vol 59 No 2 (1995): Geološki anali Balkanskoga poluostrva
Section
Original Scientific Paper

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