Where: Georgia (41.5° N, 45.4° E: paleocoordinates 41.3° N, 48.6° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: MN 11 (8.7 - 7.8 Ma)
• upper Sarmatian
•"c. 110 m below the basis of the 'Shiraqi' complex... Upper Sarmatian or Lower Meotis, which corresponds with the Lower Turolian (MN 11)" (Gabunia et al. 2001)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: E. I. Belyaeva. 1948. Catalogue of Tertiary Fossil Sites of the Land Mammals in the U.S.S.R. [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 75087: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 21.09.2007, edited by John Alroy
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Mammalia | |
Miohyaenotherium bessarabicum Semenov 1989 hyaena
Adcrocuta eximia Roth and Wagner 1854 hyaena | |
Plesiogulo cf. brachygnathus mustelid carnivore | |
Hipparion garedzicum hipparionine horse | |
Aceratherium cf. incisivum Cuvier 1824 rhinoceros | |
Chalicotherium sp. Kaup 1833 chalicothere | |
Microstonyx erymanthius Roth and Wagner 1854 pig | |
Gazella schlosseri gazelle
Tragocerus sp. Gaudry 1861 antelope | |
Giraffidae indet. Gray 1821 giraffe | |
Cervidae indet. Gray 1821 deer | |
Udabnopithecus garedziensis n. gen. n. sp.
Udabnopithecus garedziensis n. gen. n. sp. Burtshak and Gabashvili 1945 ape | |
Tetralophodon cf. longirostris Kaup 1832 gomphothere | |
Deinotherium giganteum Kaup 1829 deinothere |