Where: Georgia (42.3° N, 42.0° E: paleocoordinates 42.0° N, 46.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Serravallian (13.8 - 11.6 Ma)

• This 8th package belongs to the Middle Sarmatian stage (S2).

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; claystone

Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils

Collection methods: core,

• Embryonic Molluscs and Microfauna.

Primary reference: F. K. Shengeliya. 1974. Nekotoryye novyye dannyye o ponte Kolkhidy. Some new data on the Pontian in Colchis. Soobshcheniya Akademii Nauk Gruzinskoy SSR 73(2):397-400 [M. Aberhan/S. Nurnberg/S. Nurnberg]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 45927: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 14.12.2004

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