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Sviniţa, Mehedinti County, Romaniai
Regional Level Types
SviniţaCommune
Mehedinti CountyCounty
RomaniaCountry

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Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Sviniţa1,105 (2012)
Mindat Locality ID:
389437
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:389437:1
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
French:
Svinița, Mehedinți, Roumanie
Italian:
Svinița, distretto di Mehedinți, Romania
Simplified Chinese:
斯維尼察鄉, 梅赫丁茨縣, 羅馬尼亞
Basque:
Svinița, Errumania
Cebuano:
Comuna Svinița, Județul Mehedinți, Rumanya
Dutch:
Svinița, District Mehedinți, Roemenië
Esperanto:
Svinița, Distrikto Mehedinți, Rumanio
Malay:
Svinița, Wilayah Mehedinți, Romania
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Svinița, Mehedinți Koān, Romania
Portuguese:
Svinița, Mehedinți, Romênia
Romanian:
Svinița, Mehedinți, România
Serbian:
Свињица, Мехединци, Румунија
Serbo-Croatian:
Opština Svinița, Mehedinți, Rumunija
Ukrainian:
Свініца, Мехедінць, Румунія
Vietnamese:
Svinita, Hạt Mehedinti, România
Volapük:
Svinița, Rumän


Svinița (Romanian: Svinița, Serbian: Свињица or Svinjica, Hungarian: Szinice) is a commune in Mehedinți County, Romania, located on the Danube (in the area of the Banat known as Clisura Dunării – Banatska Klisura in Serbian). It is composed of a single village, Svinița.

List of minerals for each chemical element

Fossils

There are 5 fossil localities from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.

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Occurrences10
Youngest Fossil Listed122 Ma (Early/Lower Cretaceous)
Oldest Fossil Listed130 Ma (Early/Lower Cretaceous)
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Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Barremitites strettostoma
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Desmoceratidae : Barremitites : Barremitites strettostoma130 - 122.46 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Barremitites panae
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Desmoceratidae : Barremitites : Barremitites panae130 - 125.45 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Barremitites neagui
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Desmoceratidae : Barremitites : Barremitites neagui130 - 125.45 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Barremitites transitorius
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Desmoceratidae : Barremitites : Barremitites transitorius130 - 125.45 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Barremites difficilis
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Desmoceratidae : Barremites : Barremites difficilis130 - 125.45 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous

Other Databases

Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svini%C8%9Ba
Wikidata ID:Q16426969
GeoNames ID:665652


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