Volchaya Balka (Miocene of Russian Federation)

Also known as Fortepianka

Where: Adygea, Russian Federation (44.6° N, 40.0° E: paleocoordinates 45.0° N, 39.5° E)

• coordinate stated in text

When: MN 11 mammal zone, Gaverdovsky Formation, Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: fluvial; sandstone

• continental sandy ocherous deposits of the Gaverdovsky Formation overlying shallow marine sediments of the Khersonian marine regional stage of Eastern Paratethys

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collected by Geological Institute of RAS (Moscow, Russia) and the Institute of Arid Zones SSC RAS (Rostov-on-Don, Russia) in 2011-2013

Primary reference: E. V. Syromyatnikova. 2018. Palaeobatrachid frog from the late Miocene of Northern Caucasus, Russia. Palaeontologia Electronica 21(2):30A:1-16 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 196591: authorized by Patricia Holroyd, entered by Patricia Holroyd on 25.09.2018, edited by Grace Varnham

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Taxonomic list

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Amphibia
 Salientia -
Latonia caucasica1, Latonia sp.1
Latonia sp.1 von Meyer 1843 frog
 Salientia - Discoglossidae
Bombina cf. bombina1
Bombina cf. bombina1 Linnaeus 1761 European fire-bellied toad
 Salientia - Pelobatidae
Eopelobates cf. bayeri1, Pelobates sp.1
Eopelobates cf. bayeri1 Spinar 1952 spadefoot toad
Pelobates sp.1 Wagler 1830 spadefoot toad
 Salientia - Bufonidae
Bufotes viridis1
Bufotes viridis1 Laurenti 1768 toad
 Salientia - Ranidae
Rana sp.1, Pelophylax sp.1
Rana sp.1 Linnaeus 1758 frog
Pelophylax sp.1 Fitzinger 1843 frog
 Salientia - Hylidae
Hyla sp.1
Hyla sp.1 Laurenti 1768 tree frog
 Salientia - Palaeobatrachidae
Palaeobatrachus sp.
Palaeobatrachus sp. Tschudi 1839 frog
GIN 1143
 Caudata - Urodela
Mioproteus caucasicus1, Lissotriton sp.1, Chelotriton cf. paradoxus1, Triturus cristatus1, Triturus cf. marmoratus1
Mioproteus caucasicus1 Estes and Darevsky 1978 mudpuppy
Lissotriton sp.1 Bell 1839 newt
Chelotriton cf. paradoxus1 Pomel 1853 newt
Triturus cristatus1 Fitzinger 1843 newt
Triturus cf. marmoratus1 Latreille 1800 marbled newt
Reptilia
 Squamata - Anguidae
Pseudopus pannonicus2
Pseudopus pannonicus2 Kormos 1911 legless lizard
one frontal (GIN 1143/600); one portion of a braincase (GIN 1143/605); five trunk vertebrae (GIN 1143/602; 1143/603; 1143/606; 1143/607; 1143/608); three caudal vertebrae (GIN 1143/601; 1143/604; 1143/609); and 12 osteoderms (GIN 1143/610-621)
1Codrea et al. 2022; 2Loréal et al. 2023