Maryupol, Pliocene (Pliocene of Ukraine)

Also known as Zhdanov, Mariupol', Samara Ravine, gravel quarry of Azovstal

Where: Donetsk, Ukraine (47.1° N, 37.6° E: paleocoordinates 47.2° N, 37.4° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Late/Upper Pliocene (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)

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 76533: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 23.11.2007

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Mammutidae
"Mastodon arvenensis" = Mammut
"Mastodon arvenensis" = Mammut mastodon
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
"Elephas meridionalis" = Mammuthus meridionalis Nesti 1825 mammoth
Elephas sp. Linnaeus 1758 elephant
Elephas cf. planifrons Falconer and Cautley 1846 elephant
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Elasmotherium sp. Fischer 1808 rhinoceros
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Cervus sp. Linnaeus 1758 deer