Also known as Azov Region
Where: Rostovskaya Oblast', Russian Federation (47.2° N, 38.9° E: paleocoordinates 47.5° N, 38.4° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: MN 12 zone, Turolian (8.7 - 5.3 Ma)
• Greenish clay member. Middle Turolian (late MN 12–early MN 13)
Environment/lithology: fluvial-deltaic; green claystone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: Material collected since 1932. Material held in the Geological Institute (GIN), Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow and Rostov State University (RSU), Rostov-on-Don.
Primary reference: N. V. Zelenkov and A. V. Panteleyev. 2015. Three bird taxa (Aves: Anatidae, Phasianidae, Scolopacidae) from the Late Miocene of the Sea of Azov (Southwestern Russia). Paläontologische Zeitschrift 89:515-527 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 174455: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 13.11.2015, edited by Evangelos Vlachos
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Actinopteri | |
Esox sp. Linnaeus 1758 pike | |
Neogobius sp. Iljin 1927 goby | |
Rutilus sp. Rafinesque 1820 carp-like fish
Tinca sp. Cuvier 1817 carp-like fish
Leuciscus sp. Cuvier 1817 carp-like fish
Scardinius sp. Sauvage 1873 carp-like fish | |
Silurus sp. Linnaeus 1758 catfish | |
Mammalia | |
Vespertilio cf. villanyiensis vesper bat | |
Blarinella cf. dubia Asiatic short-tailed shrew | |
Cervidae indet. Gray 1821 deer | |
Hipparion sp. de Christol 1832 hipparionine horse | |
"Felis attica" = Pristifelis attica, Metailurus parvulus
"Felis attica" = Pristifelis attica Wagner 1857 cat
Metailurus parvulus Hensel 1862 cat | |
Hyaenotherium wongii Zdansky 1924 hyaena | |
? Enhydriodon sp. Falconer 1868 otter
cf. Martes sp. Frisch 1775 marten | |
Promephitis maeotica Alexejew 1916 skunk | |
Hypolagus igromovi rabbit | |
Muridae indet. Illiger 1811 mouse
Apodemus sp. Kaup 1829 Eurasian field mouse
Occitanomys sp. Michaux 1969 mouse
Pseudomeriones sp. Schaub 1934 gerbil
Micromys sp. Dehne 1841 harvest mouse | |
"Kowalskia sp." = Neocricetodon, Cricetini indet.
"Kowalskia sp." = Neocricetodon Schaub 1934 rodent
Cricetini indet. Simpson 1945 rodent | |
Tamias sp. Illinger 1811 chipmunk | |
Hystrix primigenia Wagner 1848 porcupine | |
Trogontherium sp. Fischer von Waldheim 1809 beaver
Castor sp. Linnaeus 1758 beaver | |
Mammut borsoni Hays 1834 mastodon | |
Reptilia | |
Viperidae indet. Oppel 1811 viper | |
Colubrinae indet. Oppel 1811 colubrid snake | |
Lacertidae indet. Bonaparte 1831 squamates | |
Anguidae indet. Gray 1825 squamates | |
Melanochelys sp. Schweigger 1812 Indian black turtles | |
Testudinidae indet. Batsch 1788 turtle | |
Aves | |
Gallinago azovica n. sp.
Gallinago azovica n. sp. Zelenkov and Panteleyev 2015 snipe | |
Anas kurochkini n. sp.
Anas kurochkini n. sp. Zelenkov and Panteleyev 2015 dabbling duck | |
Crex sp. Bechstein 1803 rail | |
Columbidae indet. Illiger 1811 dove | |
Sylvia aff. atricapilla Linnaeus 1758 perching bird | |
Emberiza sp. Linnaeus 1758 old world bunting | |
Reptilia | |
Plioperdix hungarica Janossy 1991 pheasant | |
Amphibia | |
Rana sp. Linnaeus 1758 frog | |
Bufo sp. Laurenti 1768 toad | |
Bivalvia | |
Pisidium sp. Pfeiffer 1821 pea clam
Sphaerium sp. Scopoli 1777 fingernail clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Punctum cf. pygmaeum slug | |
Vallonia cf. lepida Reuss 1849 slug | |
Limax sp. Linnaeus 1758 slug | |
Vitrea cf. procrystallina Andreae 1902 slug | |
Anisus solenoides snail | |
Lymnaea cf. palustris Müller 1774 snail | |
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Lithoglyphus acutus snail | |
Borysthenia | |