Odessa, Pontian (Miocene of Ukraine)

Where: Odessa, Ukraine (46.5° N, 30.7° E: paleocoordinates 46.7° N, 30.3° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Messinian (7.2 - 5.3 Ma)

• Pontian

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 76292: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 17.11.2007

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Rhinoceros cf. pachygnathus one-horned rhinoceros
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hipparion sp. de Christol 1832 hipparionine horse
Aves
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Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758 bird
Pisces
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"Pisces indet." = Osteichthyes
"Pisces indet." = Osteichthyes Huxley 1880 bony fish