UDR1-UDR5, Rybalsky Quarry, Dnipropetrovsk (Eocene of Ukraine)

Where: Ukraine (48.4° N, 35.1° E: paleocoordinates 48.0° N, 30.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: NP 19 nannofossil zone, Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)

• Based on the calcareous nannoplankton those deposits were assigned to zone NP 19

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; poorly lithified sandstone

• Poorly lithified based on fossil preservation and sampling by washing/sieving

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collected by Muller in 1999

Collection methods: sieve

• Repository: University of Leipzig

Primary reference: M. A. Bitner and A. Müller. 2017. Late Eocene (Priabonian) brachiopod fauna from Dnipropetrovsk, eastern Ukraine. Bulletin of Geosciences 92:211-231 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 186786: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 03.07.2017

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Thecideida - Thecideidae
 Terebratulida - Cancellothyrididae
 Terebratulida - Platidiidae
Platidia sp. Costa 1852
 Terebratulida - Kraussinidae
Megerlia sp. King 1850
 Terebratulida - Megathyrididae
Bronnothyris danaperensis n. sp. Bitner and Müller 2017
Joania ukrainica n. sp. Bitner and Müller 2017
Megathiris detruncata Gmelin 1791
Argyrotheca lunula von Koenen 1894
Argyrotheca megapora Zelinskaya 1975
Craniata
 Craniida - Craniidae
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Discinidae
Discradisca sp. Stenzel 1965