Alexandrovsky Quarry (Neogene of Ukraine)

Also known as TNU KB1

Where: Crimea, Ukraine (45.3° N, 36.3° E: paleocoordinates 45.8° N, 42.1° E)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Neogene (23.0 - 2.6 Ma)

• The reworked specimen was found in the talus of Kimmerian (= Zanclean) deposits. ZM P-582(1): Dnieper Valley, near the Kakhovka Reservoir, Zaporozhye Region (Ukraine). The specimen was found on the beach, with no stratigraphical context.

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: P. Goldin and D. Startsev. 2017. A systematic review of cetothere baleen whales (Cetacea, Cetotheriidae ) from the Late Miocene of Crimea and Caucasus, with a new genus. Papers in Paleontology 3(1):49-68 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 182320: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 21.10.2016

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Cetacea - Cetotheriidae
Mithridatocetus sp. Goldin and Startsev 2017 whale