Also known as Tschigirin, Tyas'ma River
Where: Kiev, Ukraine (49.1° N, 32.7° E: paleocoordinates 48.5° N, 28.1° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)
• This locality is only suspected to be Oligocene. It is said to be late Eocene by Kalmykov (2012).
Environment/lithology: marine; claystone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Primary reference: J. F. Brandt. 1873. Untersuchungen über die fossilen und subfossilen cetaceen Europa's. Mémoires de L'Académie Impériale des Sciences de Saint-Petersbourg, Series 7 20(1):1-372 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 48026: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 10.03.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
"Zeuglodon paulsonii n. sp." = Pachycetus paulsonii
"Zeuglodon paulsonii n. sp." = Pachycetus paulsonii Brandt 1873 whale | |
Chondrichthyes | |
Striatolamia macrota Agassiz 1838 goblin shark |