Kotlovina, upper layer: MN 16, Ukraine
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Anguidae
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Pseudopus sp.
Merrem 1820
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| osteoscutes | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Lacertidae
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Lacertidae indet.
Bonaparte 1831
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| "frontal bone, [and] fragmentary dentaries" | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Crotalidae
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Vipera (Pelias) sp.
(Merrem 1820)
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| trunk vertebrae, "similar to that of Kotlovina (middle layer) [i.e. similar to V. berus; see PBDB coll. no. 168020]" | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Colubridae
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Colubridae indet.
Oppel 1811
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| "small, strongly damaged vertebrae" | ||||||||||
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Elaphe sp.
Wagler 1833
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| vertebrae | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Ukraine | State/province: | Odessa | County: | Reni |
| Coordinates: | 45.5° North, 28.6° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 45.6° North, 28.3° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Pliocene |
| Stage: | Piacenzian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | MN 16 | ||
| Age range of interval: | 3.20000 - 2.58000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphy comments: "Upper Pliocene (Kuyalnick, MN 16)"
According to the stratigraphic chart in the primary reference, the site is located in the Khaprovski faunistic complex. |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | unlithified argillaceous sandstone |
| Lithology description: "clayish sands with numerous bone remains" | |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Kotlovyna | ||
| Database number: | 168021 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Mueller | Enterer: | T. Liebrecht | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2015-04-12 20:35:40 | Last modified: | 2015-04-12 20:35:40 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2015-04-12 20:35:40 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 54848. | G. A. Zerova. 1993. Late Cainozoic localities of snakes and lizards of Ukraine. Revue de Paléobiologie, Volume spéciale 7:273-280 [J. Mueller/T. Liebrecht/T. Liebrecht] |