Also known as Vernoleninsk, Nikolayev, Nikolajew, Mykolayiv

Where: Ukraine (47.0° N, 32.0° E: paleocoordinates 47.3° N, 31.3° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Chersonian Formation, Tortonian (11.6 - 7.2 Ma)

• Late Sarmatian (corresponding to the early Tortonian, Late Miocene) of the Eastern Paratethys (Radionova et al. 2012).

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•The Chersonian Formation has been dated to the late Sarmatian sensu lato, based on the occurrence of numerous Mactra (Chersonimactra) caspia [85]. In the region of the Central Paratethys, the Sarmatian Stage (sensu stricto) as a whole has been assigned the Middle Miocene [86, 87]. By contrast, the upper part of the Sarmatian as found in the area of the eastern Paratethys correlates with the early Tortonian (11.2–9.6 Ma) [88, 89]. (Marx & Fordyce, 2015)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. F. Brandt. 1873. Untersuchungen über die fossilen und subfossilen cetaceen Europa's. Mémoires de L'Académie Impériale des Sciences de Saint-Petersbourg, Series 7 20(1):1-372 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 52073: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 19.07.2005

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