Where: Adygea, Russian Federation (44.6° N, 40.1° E: paleocoordinates 45.0° N, 39.3° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: lower Member (Blinovo Formation), Serravallian to Serravallian (13.8 - 7.2 Ma)
• middle Sarmatian
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•Mollusc biostratigraphy indicates the lower part of the Blinovo Formation to fall into the Middle Sarmatian [144], which in the region of the Eastern Paratethys spans the Serravallian/early Tortonian boundary, and ranges from ca. 12.1–11.2 Ma [88]. (Marx & Fordyce, 2015)
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: deep-water; coarse-grained sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: K. K. Tarasenko and A. V. Lopatin. 2012. New Baleen Whale Genera (Cetacea, Mammalia) from the Miocene of the Northern Caucasus and Ciscaucasia: 1. Kurdalagonus gen. nov. from the Middle–Late Sarmatian of Adygea. Paleontological Journal 46(5):531-542 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 134301: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 06.10.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Kurdalagonus mchedlidzei n. gen. n. sp.
Kurdalagonus mchedlidzei n. gen. n. sp. Tarasenko and Lopatin 2012 whale |