Ikovo (Eocene of Ukraine)

Also known as Novopskov

Where: Luhansk, Ukraine (49.5° N, 39.1° E: paleocoordinates 47.5° N, 33.5° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)

• early Lutetian

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected in 2010–2013

Primary reference: G. Mayr and E. A. Zvonok. 2011. Middle Eocene Pelagornithidae and Gaviiformes (Aves) from the Ukrainian Paratethys. Palaeontology 54(6):1347-1359 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/O. Alfaro]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 120885: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 23.11.2011, edited by Evangelos Vlachos and Philip Mannion

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Redeposited from past epochs:

•Megasqualus sp.

•Paraorthacodus sp.

•Isurolamna cf. inflata

•Anacoracidae indet.

unclassified
  -
Osteichthyes
 Osteichthyes -
Osteichthyes indet.8 Huxley 1880 bony fish
 Acipenseriformes -
Cylindracanthus sp.4 Leidy 1856 ray-finned fish
Actinopteri
 Labriformes - Labridae
Labrus sp.4 Linnaeus 1758
 Tetraodontiformes - Triodontidae
Triodon sp.4 Cuvier 1829
 Tetraodontiformes - Eotrigonodontidae
Eotrigonodon sp.4 Weiler 1929
 Scombriformes - Scombridae
Cybium sp.4 Cuvier 1829
 Scombriformes - Trichiuridae
Eutrichiurides sp.4 Casier 1944
Reptilia
 Testudines -
Testudinoidea indet.1 Gray 1825 turtle
 Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionychidae indet.5 Gray 1825 softshell turtle
Trionyx ikoviensis n. sp.1 Danilov et al. 2011 softshell turtle
 Testudines - Cheloniidae
Cheloniidae indet.6 Bonaparte 1832 sea turtle
The material of Cheloni idae gen. indet. (Fig. 2) includes the following ele ments: specimens ZIN PH, nos. 18/145 and 19/145, two postorbitals; specimen ZIN PH, no. 20/145, frag mentary right half of upper jaw; specimen ZIN PH, no. 21/145, costal plate IV; specimen ZIN PH, no.22/145, costal plate VII; specimens ZIN PH, nos. 23–27/145, fragments of five costal plates; speci men ZIN PH, no. 28/145, right peripheral plate II (?); specimen ZIN PH, no. 29/145, left peripheral plate II (?); specimen ZIN PH, no. 30/145, peripheral plate VI or VII; specimen ZIN PH, no. 31/145, posterior part of left epiplastron; specimen ZIN PH, no. 32/145, medial part of left hyoplastron; specimen ZIN PH, no. 33/145, medial part of right hypoplastron; speci men ZIN PH, no. 34/145, proximal part of left humerus; specimens ZIN PH, nos. 35/145 and 36/145, two right tibiae
Eochelone sp.10 Dollo 1903 sea turtle
"Puppigerus nessovi" = Puppigerus camperi1 Gray 1831 sea turtle
 Testudines - Pancheloniidae
"cf. Glossochelys sp." = Euclastes10, Argillochelys sp.5
"cf. Glossochelys sp." = Euclastes10 Cope 1870 turtle
Argillochelys sp.5 Lydekker 1889 turtle
 Crocodylia -
Crocodylia indet.2 Owen 1842 crocodilian
ZIN PH 2/145, 59/145, 61/145–74/145
 Crocodylia - Gavialidae
Tomistominae indet.8 crocodilian
ZIN PH 1/145 (anterior fragment of a right dentary)
 Crocodylia -
cf. Diplocynodon sp.2 Pomel 1847 crocodilian
ZIN PH 52/145, 53/145, 55/145, 56/145, 57/145, 58/145, 60/145
Aves
  -
Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758 bird
 Charadriiformes -
Charadriiformes indet.8 Huxley 1867 shorebird
 Gaviiformes - Gaviidae
Colymbiculus udovichenkoi n. gen. n. sp. Mayr and Zvonok 2011 loon
 Procellariiformes -
Kievornis rogovitshi7 Averianov et al. 1990 bird
 Odontopterygiformes - Pelagornithidae
Lutetodontopteryx tethyensis n. gen. n. sp.3 Mayr and Zvonok 2012 bird
? Dasornis sp. Owen 1870 bird
Chondrichthyes
 Myliobatiformes - Aetobatidae
Aetobatus sp.4 Blainville 1816 stingray
 Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
Myliobatis sp.4 Cuvier 1816 eagle ray
Myliobatis sp. 1, 2
Burnhamia sp.4 Cappetta 1976 eagle ray
 Hexanchiformes - Hexanchidae
Notorhynchus sp.9 Ayres 1855 sevengill shark
 Heterodontiformes - Heterodontidae
Heterodontus sp.4, "Heterodontus cf. vincenti" = Cestracion vincenti4
Heterodontus sp.4 de Blainville 1816 bullhead shark
"Heterodontus cf. vincenti" = Cestracion vincenti4 Leriche 1905 bullhead shark
 Squaliformes - Dalatiidae
Isistius trituratus4 Winkler 1874 shark
 Squatiniformes - Squatinidae
Squatina cf. prima4 Winkler 1874 angel shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae
Abdounia cf. minutissima4 Winkler 1874 cat shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
"Rhizoprionodon gantourensis" = Rhizoprionodon ganntourensis4 Arambourg 1952 sharpnose shark
Carcharhinus sp.4 de Blainville 1816 requiem shark
Physogaleus minor4 requiem shark
Physogaleus secundus4 Winkler 1876 requiem shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Triakidae
Galeorhinus sp.4 de Blainville and Prévost 1816 school shark
Galeorhinus cf. ypresiensis4 Casier 1946 school shark
 Lamniformes - Lamnidae
"Carcharocles auriculatus" = Carcharodon auriculatus9, Isurus praecursor4
"Carcharocles auriculatus" = Carcharodon auriculatus9 Blainville 1818 white shark
Isurus praecursor4 Thurmond and Jones 1981 mackerel shark
 Lamniformes -
 Lamniformes - Odontaspididae
Odontaspis winkleri4 Leriche 1905 sand tiger shark
Synodontaspis vincenti4 sand tiger shark
Hypotodus verticalis4 Agassiz 1843 sand tiger shark
 Lamniformes - Mitsukurinidae
Striatolamia macrota4 Agassiz 1838 goblin shark
 Chimaeriformes - Edaphodontidae
Edaphodon sp.9 Buckland 1838 chimaera