Also known as Tarchankut, Cape Tarkhan

Where: Crimea, Ukraine (45.3° N, 32.5° E: paleocoordinates 45.8° N, 31.5° E)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Serravallian (13.8 - 11.6 Ma)

• middle Sarmatian

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: I. Koretsky. 2001. Morphology and systematics of Miocene Phocinae (Mammalia: Carnivora) from Paratethys and the North Atlantic region. Geologica Hungarica Series Palaeontologica 54:1-109 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 60254: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 08.05.2006

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