Homutovo (Miocene of Ukraine)

Also known as Khomutovo

Where: Donetsk, Ukraine (47.3° N, 38.2° E: paleocoordinates 47.7° N, 37.5° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Tortonian (11.6 - 7.2 Ma)

• "Pontic limestone"; upper Miocene, Pontian

Environment/lithology: limestone

Size class: macrofossils

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 60242: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 08.05.2006

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Carnivora - Phocidae
Pachyphoca ukrainica n. gen. n. sp. Koretsky and Rahmat 2013 seal
? Cryptophoca maeotica Nordmann 1860 seal
[entered as Cryptophoca maoetica]