Nagiezh-Uashkh: Serravallian - Tortonian, Russian Federation
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Cetotheriidae
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Kurdalagonus mchedlidzei n. gen., n. sp.
Tarasenko and Lopatin 2012
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1 specimen | ||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Russian Federation | State/province: | Adygea |
| Coordinates: | 44.6° North, 40.1° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 45.0° North, 39.3° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| Key time interval: | Serravallian - Tortonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 13.82000 - 7.24600 m.y. ago | ||
| Age estimate: | 12.1 to 11.2 Ma (other) |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Blinovo | Member: | lower | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | member | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: middle Sarmatian
Mollusc biostratigraphy indicates the lower part of the Blinovo Formation to fall into the Middle Sarmatian [144], which in the region of the Eastern Paratethys spans the Serravallian/early Tortonian boundary, and ranges from ca. 12.1–11.2 Ma [88]. (Marx & Fordyce, 2015) | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | coarse sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | deep-water indet. |
| Geology comments: deep water, high organics | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 134301 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | B. Shipps | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2012-10-06 00:36:14 | Last modified: | 2017-02-26 14:50:01 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2012-10-06 00:36:14 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 43198. | K. K. Tarasenko and A. V. Lopatin. 2012. New Baleen Whale Genera (Cetacea, Mammalia) from the Miocene of the Northern Caucasus and Ciscaucasia: 1. Kurdalagonus gen. nov. from the Middle–Late Sarmatian of Adygea. Paleontological Journal 46(5):531-542 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 55050 | F. G. Marx and R. E. Fordyce. 2015. Baleen boom and bust: a synthesis of mysticete phylogeny, diversity and disparity. Royal Society Open Science 2:140434 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |