Kamysh-Burun district mine, quarry E: Tortonian, Ukraine

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Carnivora - Phocidae
Phoca pontica Eichwald 1850
recombined as Monachopsis pontica
Mammalia - Cetacea - Cetotheriidae
Cetotherium mayeri Brandt 1871
    = Mithridatocetus eichwaldi n. gen., n. sp. Goldin and Startsev 2017
Goldin and Startsev 2017
Cetotherium rathkei (Brandt 1843)
original and current combination Cetotherium rathkii
Mammalia - Cetacea
Cetotherium priscum (Eichwald 1840)
nomen dubium belonging to Cetacea
Actinopteri - Stomiatiformes - Phosichthyidae
Vinciguerria panticapaea
see common names

Geography
Country:Ukraine
Coordinates: 45.3° North, 36.4° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:45.9° North, 40.8° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
Stage:Tortonian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Tortonian
Age range of interval:11.63000 - 7.24600 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Blinovo
Stratigraphy comments: The Kamysh-Burun quarries were excavated in Kimmerian (= Zanclean) iron ore deposits underlain by Pontian (= Messinian) or late Sarmatian s.l. (= Tortonian) deposits. Remains of marine mammals, which are frequent in Kimmerian deposits, are probably reworked from the underlying late Sarmatian strata
(Chersonian Formation) (Andrusov 1929). An example is the holotype of Cetotherium rathkii from the Taman Peninsula taken from iron ore deposits but also bearing Chersonomactra caspia on its surface (PG pers. obs. 2010).
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:coastal indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Arshintsevo
Database number:88545
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2009-04-14 13:29:24 Last modified:2017-04-13 12:03:07
Access level:the public Released:2009-04-14 13:29:24
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
60839. I. A. Dubrovo and K. V. Kapelist. 1973. Catalog of Localities of Tertiary Vertebrates of the USSR. 1-159 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

60648 P. Goldin and D. Startsev. 2017. A systematic review of cetothere baleen whales (Cetacea, Cetotheriidae ) from the Late Miocene of Crimea and Caucasus, with a new genus. Papers in Paleontology 3(1):49-68 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
17253 I. Koretsky. 2001. Morphology and systematics of Miocene Phocinae (Mammalia: Carnivora) from Paratethys and the North Atlantic region. Geologica Hungarica Series Palaeontologica 54:1-109 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]