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

Abstract

In a borhole at Veliko Selo near Belgrade in the Miocene lacustrine sediments Slanci, which are locally known as the Slana~ka Serija, a mammal tooth was found. The age of these deposits is under discus- sion. 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. Apstrakt. U jezerskim miocenskim naslagama Vi{wice kod Beograda, poznatim u starijoj literaturi pod nazivom "Slana~ka serija" u istranoj bu{otini kod Velikog Sela na|en je zub fosilnog sisara Eotragus cf. clavatus (Gervais, 1850). Nalaz fosilnih ostataka Eotragus-a je od zna~aja za sagledavawe razvoja sisarske faune u Evropi. Tako|e, rezultati istraivawa izneti u ovom radu predstavqaju doprinos poznavawu stratigrafije i paleogeografije miocena okoline Beograda. Kqu~ne re~i: Miocen, Baden, Srbija, Beograd, Slana~ka formacija, Bovidae, Eotragus.