Kerch (Miocene of Ukraine)
Where: Ukraine (45.3° N, 36.5° E: paleocoordinates 44.9° N, 43.5° E)
• coordinate based on political unit
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 16.0 Ma)
• Tarkhanian
Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified lithology not reported
• "deep-water marine"
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: adpression
Primary reference: V. V. Zherikhin. 2002. Pattern of Insect Burial and Conservation. In A. P. Rasnitsyn, D. L. J.Quicke (eds.), History of Insects 17-63 [M. Clapham/J. Karr]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taphonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 133082: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 01.09.2012
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Taxonomic list
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Insecta | |
Aphodiinae indet. Leach 1815 scarab beetle buried in association with deep-water marine photichthyid fish Vinciguerria merklini
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Actinopteri | |
Vinciguerria merklini Danilchenko 1946 |