Also known as Adygei
Where: Adygea, Russian Federation (44.6° N, 40.1° E: paleocoordinates 44.9° N, 39.6° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Krasnooktyabr’sk Formation, Messinian (7.2 - 5.3 Ma)
• "terminal Miocene"; Krasnooktyabrisky Formation
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; claystone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: K. K. Tarasenko. 2014. New Genera of Baleen Whales (Cetacea, Mammalia) from the Miocene of the Northern Caucasus and Ciscaucasia: 3. Zygiocetus gen. nov. (Middle Sarmatian, Adygea). Paleontological Journal 48(5):551-562 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 166428: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 12.02.2015
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Zygiocetus nartorum n. gen. n. sp.
Zygiocetus nartorum n. gen. n. sp. Tarasenko 2014 whale | |
Bivalvia | |
Venerupis naviculata venus clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Barbotella hoernesi snail |