Cruz Basilica (Holocene of Ukraine)

Also known as Chersonesus, Sevastopol

Where: Ukraine (44.6° N, 33.5° E: paleocoordinates 44.6° N, 33.5° E)

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

• layers belonging respectively to the 5th and 10th centuries AD

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: anthropogenic

Primary reference: A. N. Tsvelykh. 2016. The Northern Gannet (Morus bassanus, Pelecaniformes, Sulidae) in the Black Sea in the Late Holocene. Biology Bulletin 43(9):1052-1055 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 215547: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 12.11.2020

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Aves
 Suliformes - Phalacrocoracidae
Phalacrocorax carbo Linnaeus 1758 great cormorant
Phalacrocorax aristotelis Linnaeus 1761 European shag
 Suliformes - Sulidae
Morus bassanus Linnaeus 1758 northern gannett
 Procellariiformes - Procellariidae
Puffinus yelkouan Acerbi 1827 yelkouan shearwater
 Gaviiformes - Gaviidae
Gavia arctica Linnaeus 1758 Arctic loon