Also known as Liventsovka, Khapry Formation, Sea of Azov Liventzovka
Where: Rostovskaya Oblast', Russian Federation (47.2° N, 39.7° E: paleocoordinates 47.4° N, 39.4° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Khapry Formation, Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)
• Late Pliocene, Middle Villafranchian, lower part of MN17 (based on small mammals associated with macrofauna in the lowest levels).
•Bones largely found in the lower part of the alluvial sequence, but some isolated specimens occur higher in the sequence at Liventsovka. Several beds with small mammals occur within the 20m thick sequence.
•Liventsovka was a quarry.
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: fluvial-deltaic
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collection methods: Collecting began in 1932, from a quarry.
•Specimens held at Rostov State University, Rostov-on-Don (RGU), Vernadskii State Geological Museum (GGM), Rostov Regional Museum (RRM) and the Geological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences (GIN).
•bpnes are 'strongly mineralised'.
Primary reference: V. S. Baigusheva. 1971. Fossil Teriofauna of the Liventzovka sand-pit. Materialy po faunam Antropogena SSSR 49:5-29 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/S. Bruning]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 39409: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 28.05.2004, edited by John Alroy
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Osteichthyes | |
Acipenser sp. Linnaeus 1758 sturgeon | |
Actinopteri | |
Lucioperca lucioperca Linnaeus 1758 perch | |
Esox sp. Linnaeus 1758 pike | |
Rutilus rutilus carp-like fish | |
Silurus sp. Linnaeus 1758 catfish | |
Reptilia | |
? Lacertidae indet. Bonaparte 1831 squamates | |
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Aves | |
Cygnus sp. Garsault 1764 swan | |
Struthio sp. Linnaeus 1758 ostrich | |
Mammalia | |
Anancus alexeevae n. sp.
Anancus alexeevae n. sp. gomphothere | |
"Archidiskodon gromovi" = Mammuthus
"Archidiskodon gromovi" = Mammuthus mammoth | |
Allactaga sp. Cuvier 1836 jerboa | |
Spalax sp. Güldenstadt 1770 blind mole | |
Allocricetus sp., Lagurus (Lagurodon) arancae, Pliomys cf. kretzoi, Dolomys milleri, Dolomys hungaricus, Cricetulus sp., Mimomys cf. stehlini, Mimomys cf. reidi, Mimomys lagurodontoides, Mimomys praehungaricus, Mimomys tanaitica, Mimomys intermedius, Mimomys pliocaenicus, Allophaiomys cf. pliocaenicus, Villanyia sp.
Allocricetus sp. Schaub 1930 mouse
Pliomys cf. kretzoi mouse
Dolomys milleri mouse
Dolomys hungaricus mouse
Cricetulus sp. Milne-Edwards 1867 mouse
Mimomys cf. stehlini vole
Mimomys cf. reidi vole
Mimomys tanaitica vole
Mimomys intermedius vole
Mimomys pliocaenicus Forsyth Major 1889 vole
Allophaiomys cf. pliocaenicus Kormos 1932 vole
Villanyia sp. Kretzoi 1956 vole | |
Alilepus sp. Dice 1931 rabbit | |
Felidae indet. Gray 1821 cat | |
Pachycrocuta brevirostris4 Gervais 1850 brown hyaena 1 left mandible, incisors and Ci missing, all other teeth present. (RSU-231).
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Nyctereutes megamastoides Pomel 1842 raccoon dog 1 left ramus with P4-M2 and I1-P3 and M3 alveoli. (GIN 302/1).
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Mustelidae indet. Fischer 1817 mustelid carnivore | |
Paracamelus alutensis Stefanescu 1895 camel
Paracamelus gigas Schlosser 1903 camel | |
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? Bovidae indet. Gray 1821 antelope
Gazella sp. Blaineville 1816 gazelle
Bison sp. Hamilton-Smith 1827 bison
Gazellospira torticornis antelope | |
Cervodama pontoborealis, Libralces gallicus2, Cervus cf. elaphus, Eucladoceros dicranios, "Cervus (Rusa) sp." = Rusa, "Cervus cf. philisi" = Metacervocerus philisi
Cervus cf. elaphus Linnaeus 1758 red deer
"Cervus (Rusa) sp." = Rusa Smith 1827 deer
"Cervus cf. philisi" = Metacervocerus philisi Mennecart et al. 2017 deer | |
Elasmotherium caucasicum Borissiak 1914 rhinoceros | |
Equus cf. bressanus horse
"Equus cf. stenonis" = Allohippus stenonis Cocchi 1867 horse
Hipparion sp. de Christol 1832 hipparionine horse | |
Soricidae indet. Fischer 1814 shrew | |
Desmana sp. Guldenstaedt 1777 Russian desman
Talpa sp. Linnaeus 1758 mole |