Where: Dagestan, Russian Federation (43.1° N, 46.8° E: paleocoordinates 43.7° N, 44.4° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Maykop Formation, Chattian (28.1 - 23.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: K. A. Monsch and A. F. Bannikov. 2011. New taxonomic synopses and revision of the scombroid fishes (Scombroidei, Perciformes), including billfishes, from the Cenozoic of territories of the former USSR. Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 102(4):253-300 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 186449: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 22.06.2017

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