Bakhchisarai, Interval 4/5 (Eocene of Ukraine)

Also known as Gochtodinium spinulum Zone

Where: Ukraine (44.7° N, 33.9° E: paleocoordinates 41.5° N, 43.7° E)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Gochtodinium spinulum nannofossil zone, Kuma Formation, Bartonian (41.3 - 38.0 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; marl and limestone

• "a series of limestones and marls with the total thickness of about 65 m"

Size class: microfossils

Primary reference: O. N. Vasilyeva and V. A. Musatov. 2023. Dinoflagellate cyst and nannoplankton assemblages from the Middle Eocene Kuma Formation of Crimean Peninsula — biostratigraphy and palynofacies. Palaeoworld 32(3):523-546 [W. Kiessling/A. Watson]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 234821: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Alissa Watson on 18.05.2024

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Gochtodinium spinulum
Dinophyceae
 Gonyaulacales - Gonyaulacaceae
Thalassiphora fenestrata
 Dinoflagellata -
Rhombodinium draco, Pentadinium rugosum
Rhombodinium draco Gocht 1955