Also known as Kerch
Where: Crimea, Ukraine (45.4° N, 36.5° E: paleocoordinates 46.0° N, 40.9° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Tortonian (11.6 - 7.2 Ma)
• Steppe Limestone; "the type specimen of C. rathkii likely originated from strata assignable to the upper part of the Sarmatian, and hence the early Tortonian [Gol‟din 2012, pers. comm.]" Fordyce & Marx 2013
Environment/lithology: coastal; limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: C. E. Eichwald. 1840. Beschreibung einiger Knochen des Ziphius priscus. Die Urwelt Russlands 2:25-53 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/T. Liebrecht]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 85514: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 05.01.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Cetotherium rathkii n. gen. n. sp.1
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"Ziphius priscus n. sp." = Cetotherium priscum
"Ziphius priscus n. sp." = Cetotherium priscum Eichwald 1840 whale | |
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Reptilia | |
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Actinopteri | |
Vinciguerria merklini3 Danilchenko 1946 | |
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