Ushkalka: Early/Lower Pleistocene, Ukraine
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Soricidae
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Sorex sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Ochotonidae
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Ochotona sp.
Link 1795
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Leporidae
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Lepus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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3 specimens | ||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Cricetus sp.
Leske 1779
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Ellobius sp.
Fischer 1814
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Mimomys (Microtomys) pusillus
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2 specimens | ||||||
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Mimomys (Microtomys) intermedius
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8 specimens | ||||||
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Mimomys sp.
Forsyth-Major 1902
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45 specimens | ||||||
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Allophaiomys pliocaenicus
Kormos 1932
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32 specimens | ||||||
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Prolagurus (Lagurodon) arankae
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3 specimens | ||||||
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Prolagurus sp.
Kormos 1938
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43 specimens | ||||||
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Prolagurus (Prolagurus) aff. pannonicus
Kormos 1930
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9 specimens | ||||||
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Villanyia petenyii
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Sciuridae
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Citellus sp.
Oken 1816
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2 specimens | ||||||
| synonym of Spermophilus | |||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Ukraine |
| Coordinates: | 47.4° North, 34.1° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 47.5° North, 34.0° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Early/Lower Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 2.58000 - 0.77400 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphy comments: Early Pleistocene, Biharian, Second half of the EoPleistocene, reversed magnetism - Matuyama-Jaramillo. |
Lithology and environment
| Lithology description: Sand with fossil molluscs. | |
| Environment: | fluvial indet. |
| Geology comments: In the 7th terrace of the river flowing into the Black Sea. | |
Taphonomy
| Size of fossils: | mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
| Collection method comments: Fossil molluscs mentioned but not listed. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 41037 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Turner | Enterer: | H. O'Regan |
| Modifier: | H. O'Regan | Research group: | PACED |
| Created: | 2004-07-06 07:59:51 | Last modified: | 2004-07-06 11:54:49 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-07-06 07:59:51 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 11056. | PACED | A. K. Markova. 1990. The sequence of Early Pleistocene small-mammal faunas from the South Russian Plain. Quartärpaläontologie 1990:131-151 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/L. van den Hoek Ostende] |