Eltigen Layers II and III: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Ukraine
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda
- Campanilidae
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Cerithium vulgatum
Bruguière 1789
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| recombined as Cerithium (Thericium) vulgatum | |||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Paphia senescens
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Mactridae
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Mactra corallina
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Acanthocardia tuberculata
(Linnaeus 1758)
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| original and current combination Cardium tuberculatum | |||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Ukraine |
| Coordinates: | 45.2° North, 36.4° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 45.2° North, 36.4° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| Stage: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.12900 - 0.01170 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | member | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: a series of beds totalling approximately 16 m within "Karangatian marine deposits, 20-25 m thick" assigned to the last interglacial on the basis of a U/Th date of 107 +/- 7.7 ka for cycle (= layer) II | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | sandstone |
| Secondary lithology: | conglomerate |
| Lithology description: "shell deposits with layers of sands, shelly sands and gravels" | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
| Glacial or sequence phase: | interglacial |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some genera |
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
| Taxonomic list comments:only common genera of molluscs are discussed | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Kerch | ||
| Database number: | 68299 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy |
| Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2007-01-14 18:21:05 | Last modified: | 2007-09-18 13:00:57 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2007-01-14 18:21:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 19647. | A. E. Dodonov, A. L. Tchepalyga, C. D. Mihailescu, L. P. Zhou, A. K. Markova, V. M. Trubikhin, A. N. Simakova and E. G. Konikov. 2000. Last-interglacial records from central Asia to the northern Black Sea shoreline: stratigraphy and correlation. Geologie en Mijnbouw / Netherlands Journal of Geosciences 79(2/3):303-311 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |