Also known as Betfia VII/3a Somleu Hill

Where: Romania (47.0° N, 22.0° E: paleocoordinates 46.9° N, 22.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Early/Lower Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.8 Ma)

• Site overview: the site of Betfia 7 has a height of 8m and encompasses four complexes of layers. The first three of these represent the filling of a former cave, containing numerous fragments of speleothemes. Level 3 is formed of three layers of clay with speleothemes. Level 3a is dated to the Late Menapian/early Bavelian on arvicolid morphology (= Late Lower Pleistocene, approx. 1.0Ma).

Environment/lithology: cave

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: bulk,

• Sites discovered between 1966 and 1991 and excavated by the Bucharest Speleological Institute and the "Tarii Crisurilor" Museum of Oradea

Primary reference: E. Terzea. 1996. Biochronology of the Pleistocene deposits at Betfia (Bihor, Romania). Acta Zoologica Cracovensia 39(1):531-540 [K. Behrensmeyer/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan] more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 33975: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 11.08.2003