Ushkalka (Pleistocene of Ukraine)

Where: Ukraine (47.4° N, 34.1° E: paleocoordinates 47.5° N, 34.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Early/Lower Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.8 Ma)

• Early Pleistocene, Biharian, Second half of the EoPleistocene, reversed magnetism - Matuyama-Jaramillo.

Environment/lithology: fluvial

• In the 7th terrace of the river flowing into the Black Sea.
• Sand with fossil molluscs.

Size class: mesofossils

Collection methods: Fossil molluscs mentioned but not listed.

Primary reference: A. K. Markova. 1990. The sequence of Early Pleistocene small-mammal faunas from the South Russian Plain. Quartärpaläontologie 1990:131-151 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/L. van den Hoek Ostende]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 41037: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 06.07.2004

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Theriamorpha - Soricidae
Sorex sp.
Sorex sp. Linnaeus 1758 long-tailed shrew
 Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae
Ochotona sp.
Ochotona sp. Link 1795 pika
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Lepus sp.
Lepus sp. Linnaeus 1758 hare
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Cricetus sp., Ellobius sp., Mimomys (Microtomys) pusillus, Mimomys (Microtomys) intermedius, Mimomys sp., Allophaiomys pliocaenicus, Prolagurus (Lagurodon) arankae, Prolagurus sp., Prolagurus (Prolagurus) aff. pannonicus, Villanyia petenyii
Cricetus sp. Leske 1779 mouse
Ellobius sp. Fischer 1814 mole-vole
Mimomys sp. Forsyth-Major 1902 vole
Allophaiomys pliocaenicus Kormos 1932 vole
Prolagurus sp. Kormos 1938 vole
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
"Citellus sp." = Spermophilus
"Citellus sp." = Spermophilus Cuvier 1825 ground squirrel