Kostyanets (Eocene of Ukraine)

Where: Cherkaska, Ukraine (49.8° N, 31.3° E: paleocoordinates 47.8° N, 26.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Buchak Formation, Middle Eocene (47.8 - 37.7 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: E. I. Kuzmicheva. 1987. Verkhnemelovyye i paleogenovyye korally SSSR [Upper Cretaceous and Paleogene corals from the USSR] 1-187 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 86779: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 17.02.2009

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Turbinoliidae
Turbinolia attenuata Keferstein 1859 stony coral