Where: Nikopolskyi, Ukraine (47.7° N, 34.1° E: paleocoordinates 47.8° N, 30.5° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: P18 foram zone, Borysthenic Formation, Rupelian (33.9 - 28.1 Ma)
• Planorbella horizon of the Borysthenic Formation
•It is characterized by the presence of a diverse assemblage of planktonic foraminifers, including Spiroplectammina carinata oligocenica Nikitina
•which is indicative of Zone P18 (Ryabokon 2013). The calcareous nannoplankton of the sub-ore layer (i.e. glauconitic sands with fossils) is indicative of Zone NP 22 (Zernetskyy and Riabokon 2013).
Environment/lithology: marine; glauconitic, gray, sandy claystone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: I. H. Pidoplichko. 1956. Materialy do vyvchennia mynulykh faun USSR 1-234 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 183531: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 04.01.2017
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Foraminifera | |
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Bivalvia | |
"Pecten arcuatus" = Camptonectes (Camptonectes) auritus
"Pecten arcuatus" = Camptonectes (Camptonectes) auritus Schlotheim 1813 scallop | |
"Cyprina cf. perovalis" = Arctica
"Cyprina cf. perovalis" = Arctica clam | |
Chondrichthyes | |
"Notidanus primigenius" = Notorhynchus primigenius
"Notidanus primigenius" = Notorhynchus primigenius Agassiz 1835 sevengill shark | |
Carcharias sp. Rafinesque 1810 sand shark | |
Carcharodon turgidus Agassiz 1839 white shark | |
Mammalia | |
Dugongidae indet. Gray 1821 dugong |