Pyatigorsk (Eocene of Russian Federation)

Also known as Orbel'yanov Village

Where: Russian Federation (44.0° N, 43.0° E: paleocoordinates 42.1° N, 37.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Eocene (56.0 - 33.9 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: G. A. Mchedlidze. 1970. Nekotorye obschie cherty istorii kitoobraznykh. Chast I 1-111 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 114208: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 12.08.2011

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Cetacea - Basilosauridae
Pachycetus paulsoni whale
"zeuglodon"