Gritsev (marine) (Miocene of Ukraine)

Where: Chmelnitsky, Ukraine (50.0° N, 27.2° E: paleocoordinates 50.4° N, 26.0° E)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Serravallian (13.8 - 11.6 Ma)

• middle Sarmatian

Environment/lithology: karst; limestone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: bulk, surface (float), sieve,

Primary reference: I. Koretsky. 2001. Morphology and systematics of Miocene Phocinae (Mammalia: Carnivora) from Paratethys and the North Atlantic region. Geologica Hungarica Series Palaeontologica 54:1-109 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 60241: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 08.05.2006

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Carnivora - Phocidae
Praepusa vindobonensis Toula 1897 seal