Kvaliti Village (Miocene of Georgia)

Where: Georgia (42.1° N, 43.0° E: paleocoordinates 42.2° N, 48.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Serravallian (13.8 - 11.6 Ma)

• no formation or geologic information given

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Primary reference: G. A. Mchedlidze. 1959. A fossil dolphin (Imerodelphis thabagarii) from Sarmatian in the vicinity of Zestafoni. Soob. Akad. Nauk Gruz. SSR 23(6):687-694 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 47619: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 28.02.2005

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Cetacea - Kentriodontidae
Imerodelphis thabagarii n. gen. n. sp.
Imerodelphis thabagarii n. gen. n. sp. Mchedlidze 1959 toothed whale