Also known as Hrytsiv (ukrain. transscript.)

Where: Khmel'nitsk'yi, Ukraine (50.0° N, 27.2° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 47.9° N, 27.9° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Vallesian (11.6 - 8.7 Ma)

• "Upper Miocene (lower - 'novomoskevski' - horizon of the middle Sarmatian, MN 9a Mammal Neogene faunal zone). [...] horizon of the Middle Sarmatian, MN 9a Mammal Neogene faunal zone). This locality corresponds to the Kalfinsky Formation ('Kalfinsky faunistic complex') and to the Gritsev layers ('Gritsev[sky] faunistic [sub]complex')." (Ivanov, 1999)

Environment/lithology: fissure fill; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: bulk, surface (float), sieve,

• IZAN = Institute of Zoology, Ukrainian Academy of Sciences, Kiev

Primary reference: Z. Szyndlar and G. A. Zerova. 1990. Neogene cobras of the genus Naja (Serpentes: Elapidae) of East Europe. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 91A:53-61 [J. Head/J. Head/J. Head]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 48446: authorized by Jason Head, entered by Jason Head on 19.03.2005, edited by Torsten Liebrecht and Grace Varnham

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