Cherevichny (Miocene to of Ukraine)

Where: Ukraine (46.6° N, 30.6° E: paleocoordinates 46.9° N, 30.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Late/Upper Miocene to Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 0.0 Ma)

• JA: title indicates that the collection is late Neogene

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; sandy sandstone and green, sandy claystone

• layer of greenish sandy clay, then a layer of sand

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: only one species is listed. the paper, however, mentions that the majority of specimens were hooved herd mammals, and there were many rodents and birds.

Primary reference: A. S. Umanskaya. 1979. Novii Vid Pugacha (Bubo Longaevus) z Piznioneogenovikh Vikladiv Pivnichnogo Prichornomoria URSR. 776-780 [J. Hunter/D. Ehrenburg/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 39817: authorized by John Hunter, entered by Dina Ehrenburg on 07.06.2004

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Taxonomic list

Aves
 Strigiformes - Strigidae
"Bubo longaevus n. sp." = Asio longaevus
"Bubo longaevus n. sp." = Asio longaevus Umans'ka 1979 true owl