Novaya Yemetovka (Miocene of Ukraine)

Where: Odessa, Ukraine (46.7° N, 30.5° E: paleocoordinates 47.1° N, 29.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Tortonian (11.6 - 7.2 Ma)

• Meotian

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: E. I. Belyaeva. 1948. Catalogue of Tertiary Fossil Sites of the Land Mammals in the U.S.S.R. [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 75797: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 30.10.2007

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
"Mastodon longirostris" = Tetralophodon longirostris
"Mastodon longirostris" = Tetralophodon longirostris Kaup 1832 gomphothere
 Proboscidea - Deinotheriidae
Dinotherium sp. Kaup 1829 deinothere
 Proboscidea - Mammutidae
"Mastodon pentelici" = Mammut, "Mastodon sp." = Mammut
"Mastodon pentelici" = Mammut mastodon
"Mastodon sp." = Mammut Blumenbach 1799 mastodon
 Carnivora - Hyaenidae
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
Plesiogulo sp. Zdansky 1934 mustelid carnivore
Eomellivora aff. wimani Zdansky 1924 ratel
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
"Sus major" = Microstonyx major
"Sus major" = Microstonyx major Gervais 1848 pig
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Gazella sp. Blaineville 1816 gazelle
 Artiodactyla - Giraffidae
Giraffidae indet. Gray 1821 giraffe
 Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae
Aves
 Struthioniformes - Struthionidae
Struthio sp. Linnaeus 1758 ostrich
Reptilia
 Testudines - Testudinidae
Testudinidae indet. Batsch 1788 turtle