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

Abstract

In a borhole at Veliko Selo near Belgrade in the Miocene lacustrine sediments Slanci, which are locally known as the Slanacka 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.U jezerskim miocenskim naslagama Visnjice kod Beograda, poznatim u starijoj literaturi pod nazivom "Slanacka serija" u istraznoj busotini kod Velikog Sela nadjen je zub fosilnog sisara Eotragus cf. clavatus (Gervais, 1850). Nalaz fosilnih ostataka Eotragus-a je od znacaja za sagledavanje razvoja sisarske faune u Evropi. Takodje, rezultati istrazivanja izneti u ovom radu predstavljaju doprinos poznavanju stratigrafije i paleogeografije miocena okoline Beograda.