Where: Crimea, Ukraine (45.2° N, 36.3° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 42.6° N, 36.8° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Chersonian Formation, Sarmatian (12.7 - 11.6 Ma)

• Late Sarmatian s.l. of the eastern Paratethys (= Tortonian), early late Miocene

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•The Chersonian Formation has been dated to the late Sarmatian sensu lato, based on the occurrence of numerous Mactra (Chersonimactra) caspia [85]. In the region of the Central Paratethys, the Sarmatian Stage (sensu stricto) as a whole has been assigned the Middle Miocene [86, 87]. By contrast, the upper part of the Sarmatian as found in the area of the eastern Paratethys correlates with the early Tortonian (11.2–9.6 Ma) [88, 89] (Marx & Fordyce, 2015)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marginal marine; calcareous siltstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: P. Goldin and D. Startsev. 2014. Brandtocetus, a new genus of baleen whales (Cetacea, Cetotheriidae) from the late Miocene of Crimea, Ukraine. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 34(2):419-433 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 152864: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Joseph Villari on 01.12.2013, edited by Mark Uhen

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