Lake Tobechik, Kerch Peninsula (Miocene of Ukraine)

Also known as Reef 4204

Where: Crimea, Ukraine (45.1° N, 36.4° E: paleocoordinates 45.8° N, 40.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Tortonian (11.6 - 7.2 Ma)

• lower Tortonian

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; reef rocks

• Bryalgal bioherms

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: I. A. Goncharova and Y. V. Rostovtseva. 2009. Evolution of Organogenic Carbonate Buildups in the Middle through Late Miocene of the Euxine–Caspian Basin (Eastern Paratethys). Paleontological Journal 43(8):866-876 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 194983: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 10.07.2018

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Cerithium comperei cerith snail
Cerithium comperei maeoticum
 Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Nassarius sp. Duméril 1806 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Hydrobiidae
Hydrobia sp. Hartmann 1821 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Rissoidae
Mohrensternia sp. Stoliczka 1868 snail
Alvania pseudoalvania snail
Alvania pseudoalvania pseudoalvania
Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Mytilidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 mussel
Mytilaster volhynicus mussel
Mytilaster volhynicus minor
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Veneridae indet. Rafinesque 1815 venus clam
Polititapes abichi venus clam
Polititapes sp. Chiamenti 1900 venus clam
Dosinia maeotica venus clam
Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Serpulidae