Fortep'yanka 2 (Miocene of Russian Federation)

Also known as Fortepyanka

Where: Adygea, Russian Federation (44.6° N, 40.1° E: paleocoordinates 45.1° N, 39.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: MN 9 mammal zone, Blinovskaya Formation, Sarmatian (12.7 - 11.6 Ma)

• base and middle of the Fortep'yanka River composite section

Environment/lithology: fluvial; lithology not reported

• continental sandy ocherous deposits of the Gaverdovsky Formation overlying shallow marine sediments of the Khersonian marine regional stage of Eastern Paratethys

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: coprolite

Collected by Borissiak Paleontological Institute in 2018

Primary reference: I. A. Vislobokova and K. K. Tarasenko. 2019. Finds of Ruminants and New Data on the Stratigraphy of the Late Miocene Locality of Fortep’yanka 2 (Northwest Caucasus, Adygea Republic). Paleontological Journal 53(6):660-665 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 207770: authorized by Patricia Holroyd, entered by Patricia Holroyd on 31.01.2020, edited by Mark Uhen

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Carnivora - Phocidae
Monachopsis pontica1, Pachyphoca volkodavi n. sp.1
Monachopsis pontica1 Eichwald 1850 seal
Pachyphoca volkodavi n. sp.1 Tarasenko 2022 seal
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Sivalhippus sp.
Sivalhippus sp. Lydekker 1877 horse
listed by genus in fig. 2; referred to "hipparion related to S. nagriensis" in text
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Euprox sp.
Euprox sp. Stehlin 1928 deer
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Protragocerus sp.
Protragocerus sp. Deperet 1887 antelope
 Cetacea - Cetotheriidae
Kurdalagonus sp.1, Kurdalagonus maicopicus2
Kurdalagonus sp.1 Tarasenko and Lopatin 2012 whale
Kurdalagonus maicopicus2 Spasski 1951 whale
1Tarasenko 2022; 2Tarasenko 2024