Kostyrino, west of: Sarmatian, Ukraine
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Cetotheriidae
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Brandtocetus chongulek n. gen., n. sp.
Goldin and Startsev 2014
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Mactridae
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Mactra (Chersonimactra) caspia
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Geography
| Country: | Ukraine | State/province: | Crimea |
| Coordinates: | 45.2° North, 36.3° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 45.7° North, 41.8° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| Stage: | Serravallian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 |
| Key time interval: | Sarmatian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 12.80000 - 11.63000 m.y. ago | ||
| Age estimate: | 11.2 to 9.6 Ma (other) |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Chersonian | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Late Sarmatian s.l. of the eastern Paratethys (= Tortonian), early late Miocene
The Chersonian Formation has been dated to the late Sarmatian sensu lato, based on the occurrence of numerous Mactra (Chersonimactra) caspia [85]. In the region of the Central Paratethys, the Sarmatian Stage (sensu stricto) as a whole has been assigned the Middle Miocene [86, 87]. By contrast, the upper part of the Sarmatian as found in the area of the eastern Paratethys correlates with the early Tortonian (11.2–9.6 Ma) [88, 89] (Marx & Fordyce, 2015) | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | calcareous siltstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: calcareous siltstone | |
| Environment: | marginal marine indet. |
| Geology comments: marginal marine indet. | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 152864 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | J. Villari, M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | B. Shipps | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2013-12-01 17:35:44 | Last modified: | 2017-02-26 15:03:47 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2013-12-01 17:35:44 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 50318. | P. Goldin and D. Startsev. 2014. Brandtocetus, a new genus of baleen whales (Cetacea, Cetotheriidae) from the late Miocene of Crimea, Ukraine. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 34(2):419-433 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |