Prvi nalazak fosilnog tapira u Srbiji

The first find of fossil tapir in Serbia

Authors

  • 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.

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Published

1995-12-20

Issue

Vol. 59 No. 2 (1995): Geološki anali Balkanskoga poluostrva

Section

Original Scientific Paper

How to Cite

“Prvi nalazak fosilnog tapira u Srbiji: The first find of fossil tapir in Serbia” (1995) Geološki anali Balkanskoga poluostrva, 59(2), pp. 141–154. Available at: https://gabp.rgf.bg.ac.rs/index.php/gabp/article/view/463 (Accessed: 3 November 2026).