Grebnicki (Miocene of Ukraine)

Where: Ukraine (46.8° N, 33.4° E: paleocoordinates 47.2° N, 32.7° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Tortonian (11.6 - 7.2 Ma)

• Meotian

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: E. I. Belyaeva. 1948. Catalogue of Tertiary Fossil Sites of the Land Mammals in the U.S.S.R. [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 75800: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 30.10.2007

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Tubulidentata - Orycteropodidae
Orycteropus gaudryi Forsyth Major 1888 aardvark
 Proboscidea - Deinotheriidae
"Dinotherium sp." = Deinotherium, "Dinotherium giganteum" = Deinotherium giganteum
"Dinotherium sp." = Deinotherium Kaup 1829 deinothere
"Dinotherium giganteum" = Deinotherium giganteum Kaup 1829 deinothere
 Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
"Mastodon longirostris" = Tetralophodon longirostris
"Mastodon longirostris" = Tetralophodon longirostris Kaup 1832 gomphothere
 Proboscidea - Mammutidae
"Mastodon sp." = Mammut
"Mastodon sp." = Mammut Blumenbach 1799 mastodon
 Artiodactyla - Giraffidae
"Camelopardalis parva" = Giraffa, "Camelopardalis sp." = Giraffa
"Camelopardalis parva" = Giraffa giraffe
"Camelopardalis sp." = Giraffa Brisson 1762 giraffe
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
"Procervus variabilis" = Cervavitus
"Procervus variabilis" = Cervavitus deer
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Palaeoryx majori Schlosser 1904 antelope
Gazella deperdita gazelle
var caprina
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
"Hipparion gracile" = Hipparion depereti
"Hipparion gracile" = Hipparion depereti Sondaar 1974 hipparionine horse
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Aceratherium incisivum Cuvier 1824 rhinoceros
 Carnivora - Nimravidae
Pogonodon copei false sabre-tooth
 Carnivora - Hyaenidae
 Carnivora - Felidae
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
"Perunium ursogulo" = Eomellivora ursogulo, Plesiogulo sp.
"Perunium ursogulo" = Eomellivora ursogulo Orlov 1948 ratel
Plesiogulo sp. Zdansky 1934 mustelid carnivore
 Carnivora - Mephitidae
Promephitis maeotica Alexejew 1916 skunk
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Aves
 Struthioniformes - Struthionidae
"Palaeostruthio sternatus" = Struthio chersonensis, "Struthio brachydactylus" = Struthio bradydactylus
"Palaeostruthio sternatus" = Struthio chersonensis Brant 1873 ostrich
"Struthio brachydactylus" = Struthio bradydactylus Burchak-Abramovich 1939 ostrich
 Struthioniformes - Ergilornithidae
"Urmiornis sp." = Amphipelargus
"Urmiornis sp." = Amphipelargus Lydekker 1891 bird