Udabno II (Miocene of Georgia)

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)

• "c. 40-50 m beneath the contact of [the 'Shiraqi'] complex with the continental layers below... Lower Turolian or MN 11... Lower Meotis" (Gabunia et al. 2001)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; siliciclastic sediments

• "moderately lush forest biotypes interplaced with relatively more open settings"
• "sediments of continental origins, interspersed by colourful clay layers with inclusions of sand dunes and conglomerates" (Gabunia et al. 2001)

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: L. Gabunia, E. Gabashvili, A. Vekua and D. Lordikpanidze. 2001. The late Miocene hominoid from Georgia. Phylogeny of the Neogene Hominoid Primates of Eurasia (eds. G. D. Koufos, L. de Bonis, and P. Andrews) 316-325 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 75169: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 25.09.2007

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Udabnocerus georgicus n. gen. n. sp., Paleotragus sp.
Udabnocerus georgicus n. gen. n. sp.
Mammalia
 Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Adcrocuta eximia, Hyaenotherium magnum
Adcrocuta eximia Roth and Wagner 1854 hyaena
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hipparion cf. garedzicum
Hipparion cf. garedzicum hipparionine horse
"very close to the group of H. moldavicum-mediterraneum"
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Bovinae indet.
Bovinae indet. Gray 1821 antelope
"very small"
 Proboscidea - Deinotheriidae
Deinotherium giganteum
Deinotherium giganteum Kaup 1829 deinothere