Inkerman, Crimea: Late Maastrichtian, Ukraine

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
Thoracosaurus borissiaki n. sp. Efimov 1988
Storrs and Efimov 2000
TsNIGRi c. 3373 no. 709 - type (well preserved partial skull). Originally described as T. macrorhynchus (Borisyak 1913) before being referred to T. scanius (Steel 1973)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Parasmilia biseriata
Desmophyllum laxum (Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
see common names

Geography
Country:Ukraine
Coordinates: 44.6° North, 33.6° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:16.1° North, 45.6° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period: Cretaceous Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Maastrichtian 10 m.y. bin: Cretaceous 8
Key time interval: Late Maastrichtian
Age range of interval: 72.1 - 66 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:86755
Authorizer:W. Kiessling, P. Mannion Enterer:U. Merkel, P. Mannion
Modifier:P. Mannion Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2009-02-16 05:24:03 Last modified:2021-03-19 09:45:52
Access level:the public Released:2009-02-16 05:24:03
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
29186. E. I. Kuzmicheva. 1987. Verkhnemelovyye i paleogenovyye korally SSSR [Upper Cretaceous and Paleogene corals from the USSR] 1-187 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]

Secondary references:

39421 G. W. Storrs and M. B. Efimov. 2000. Mesozoic crocodyliforms of north-central Eurasia. In M. J. Benton, M. A. Shishkin, D. M. Unwin, & E N. Kurichkin (eds.), The Age of Dinosaurs in Russia and Mongolia 402-419 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/M. Carrano]