Also known as Kerch
Where: Ukraine (45.2° N, 36.4° E: paleocoordinates 45.2° N, 36.4° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
• two beds totalling approximately 4 m within "Karangatian marine deposits, 20-25 m thick"
•assigned to the last interglacial based on a U/Th date of 127 +/- 8.9 ka for layer Ib
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone and siltstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: A. E. Dodonov, A. L. Tchepalyga, C. D. Mihailescu, L. P. Zhou, A. K. Markova, V. M. Trubikhin, A. N. Simakova and E. G. Konikov. 2000. Last-interglacial records from central Asia to the northern Black Sea shoreline: stratigraphy and correlation. Geologie en Mijnbouw / Netherlands Journal of Geosciences 79(2/3):303-311 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 68298: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 14.01.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
"Cerithium vulgatum" = Cerithium (Thericium) vulgatum
"Cerithium vulgatum" = Cerithium (Thericium) vulgatum Bruguière 1789 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Mytilus edulus mussel | |
Paphia senescens venus clam | |
"Acanthocardia tuberculata" = Cardium tuberculatum
"Acanthocardia tuberculata" = Cardium tuberculatum Linnaeus 1758 cockle | |
Mammalia | |
Spermophilus sp. Cuvier 1825 ground squirrel | |
Lagurus lagurus, Microtus (Microtus) arvalis, Microtus (Stenocranius) gregalis, Arvicola ex gr. terrestris, Eolagurus luteus, Ellobius talpinus
Lagurus lagurus mouse
Arvicola ex gr. terrestris Linnaeus 1758 European water vole
Eolagurus luteus steppe lemming
Ellobius talpinus Pallas 1770 mole-vole | |
Spalax sp. Güldenstadt 1770 blind mole |