Kostyrino, west of: Sarmatian, Ukraine
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Cetotheriidae
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Brandtocetus chongulek n. gen., n. sp.
Goldin and Startsev 2014
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1 specimen | ||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Mactridae
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Mactra (Chersonimactra) caspia
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see common names |
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] |