Bakhchisarai, Interval 6 (Eocene of Ukraine)

Also known as Charlesdowniea clathrata angulosa Zone

Where: Ukraine (44.7° N, 33.9° E: paleocoordinates 42.4° N, 43.7° E)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Charlesdowniea clathrata angulosa nannofossil zone, Alma Formation, Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 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 234822: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Alissa Watson on 18.05.2024

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Taxonomic list

Dinophyceae
 Peridiniales - Peridiniaceae
unclassified
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Dinophyceae
 Gonyaulacales - Gonyaulacaceae