Shirvanskaya (Miocene of Russian Federation)

Where: Russian Federation (44.4° N, 39.8° E: paleocoordinates 44.9° N, 38.4° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Sakaraul Horizon Formation, Burdigalian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: K. A. Monsch and A. F. Bannikov. 2011. New taxonomic synopses and revision of the scombroid fishes (Scombroidei, Perciformes), including billfishes, from the Cenozoic of territories of the former USSR. Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 102(4):253-300 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 186456: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 22.06.2017

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Taxonomic list

Actinopteri
 Scombriformes - Scombridae
Scomber gnarus Bannikov 1979
 Acanthuriformes - Sciaenidae
Caucasisciaena ignota n. gen. Smirnov 1830