Karagaily section, level 9 (Miocene of Kazakhstan)

Where: Kazakhstan (44.0° N, 51.8° E: paleocoordinates 44.5° N, 50.9° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Serravallian (13.8 - 11.6 Ma)

• Konkian

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; yellow marl

• shallow-shelf or nearshore environment
• Marl, mustard-yellow, with thin (0.03–0.07 m) white interlayer of coquina, light grey, friable; thickness 0.2–0.3 m

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: A. Bratishko, W. Schwarzhans, B. Reichenbacher, Y. Vernyhorova, and S. Coric. 2015. Fish otoliths from the Konkian (Miocene, early Serravallian) of Mangyshlak (Kazakhstan): testimony to an early endemic evolution in the Eastern Paratethys. Paläontologische Zeitschrift 89:839-889 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 174955: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 01.12.2015

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Taxonomic list

Ostracoda
 Podocopida - Loxoconchidae
 Podocopida - Leptocytheridae
Actinopteri
 Gadiformes - Gadidae
 Atheriniformes - Atherinidae
Atherina gidjakensis Pobedina 1956 silverside
Foraminifera
 Rotaliacea - Rotaliidae
 Buliminoidea - Buliminidae
Globothalamea
 Rotaliida - Nonionidae
Foraminifera
 Rotalioidea - Elphidiidae