Khronya Cape, Kerch, Crimea (PIN collection 4703) (Miocene of Ukraine)

Where: Ukraine (45.4° N, 36.6° E: paleocoordinates 45.9° N, 42.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Sarmatian (12.7 - 11.6 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified shale

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression

Reposited in the PIN

Primary reference: K. S. Perfilieva, D. A. Dubovikoff, and G. M. Dlussky. 2017. Miocene ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Crimea. Paleontological Journal 51:391-401 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 152283: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 15.11.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Hymenoptera - Formicidae
Paraphaenogaster microphthalmus Dlussky 1981 ant
PIN 4703/22
Solenopsis atavinus n. sp. Perfilieva et al. 2017 ant
PIN 4703/23a, b