Port-Katon (Pleistocene of Russian Federation)
Where: Krasnodar. Kray, Russian Federation (46.9° N, 38.8° E: paleocoordinates 47.0° N, 38.6° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Early/Lower Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.8 Ma)
• Matuyama, reversed polarity sediments. Early Pleistocene.
Environment/lithology:
• 'The fossiliferous layers at the Port-Katon site are found beneath a thickness of loess with buried soil horizons.' p. 135.
• 'sand'
Size class: mesofossils
Primary reference: A. K. Markova. 1990. The sequence of Early Pleistocene small-mammal faunas from the South Russian Plain. Quartärpaläontologie 1990:131-151 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/L. van den Hoek Ostende]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 41059: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 06.07.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Desmana sp. Guldenstaedt 1777 Russian desman | |
Allophaiomys pliocaenicus, "Clethrionomys sp." = Myodes, Prolagurus (Prolagurus) aff. pannonicus, Mimomys (Microtomys) pusillus, Mimomys (Microtomys) intermedius, Mimomys sp., Microtus (Pitymys) sp.
Allophaiomys pliocaenicus Kormos 1932 vole
"Clethrionomys sp." = Myodes Pallas 1811 vole
Prolagurus (Prolagurus) aff. pannonicus Kormos 1930 vole
Mimomys sp. Forsyth-Major 1902 vole
Microtus (Pitymys) sp. Schrank 1798 vole | |