Karai-Dubina (Pleistocene of Ukraine)

Also known as Karay-Dubina

Where: Ukraine (47.4° N, 34.2° E: paleocoordinates 47.5° N, 34.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

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

• Associated with deposits of the Dniepr ancient terrace. Just below the Brunhes/Matuyama boundary, so very Late Lower Pleistocene, Biharian.

Environment/lithology: fluvial

• In a river terrace. 'The alluvial deposits containing bones are overlain by a thick layer of loesses and buried soils.' p. 137.
• 'alluvial deposits.' Cross bedded sand.

Size class: mesofossils

Primary reference: A. K. Markova. 1990. The sequence of Early Pleistocene small-mammal faunas from the South Russian Plain. Quartärpaläontologie 1990:131-151 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/L. van den Hoek Ostende]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 41049: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 06.07.2004

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Laguridae indet.
Mammalia
 Theriamorpha - Talpidae
Desmana thermalis
Desmana thermalis Kormos 1930 Russian desman
 Theriamorpha - Soricidae
Sorex sp.
Sorex sp. Linnaeus 1758 long-tailed shrew
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Eolagurus cf. argyropuloi, Cricetus sp., Microtus (Pitymys) hintoni, Microtus (Microtus) ? oeconomus, Mimomys (Microtomys) intermedius, Allophaiomys pliocaenicus, Prolagurus (Prolagurus) posterius, Prolagurus (Prolagurus) aff. pannonicus, Microtinae indet.
Cricetus sp. Leske 1779 mouse
Microtus (Microtus) ? oeconomus Pallas 1776 tundra vole
M. (M) ex gr. 'oeconomus'?
Allophaiomys pliocaenicus Kormos 1932 vole
 Rodentia - Muridae
Spalax ex gr. minor
 Rodentia - Dipodidae
Allactaga ex gr. jaculus
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
"Citellus sp." = Spermophilus
"Citellus sp." = Spermophilus Cuvier 1825 ground squirrel
 Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae
Ochotona sp.
Ochotona sp. Link 1795 pika
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Lepus sp.
Lepus sp. Linnaeus 1758 hare