Belaya River, Abadzekhskaya, Rupelian (Oligocene of Russian Federation)

Where: Adygeia, Russian Federation (44.4° N, 40.2° E: paleocoordinates 44.7° N, 36.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: NP 21 nannofossil zone, Khadum Formation, Early/Lower Oligocene (33.9 - 28.4 Ma)

• Lower Oligocene, basal beds of Khadum Horizon, layer 2, zone NP 21

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the PIN

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: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 186470: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 22.06.2017

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Taxonomic list

Actinopteri
 Acanthomorphata - Champsodontidae
Champsodon grossheimi1 Danil'chenko 1960
 Scombriformes - Gempylidae
Abadzekhia marinae Bannikov 1985
 Scombriformes - Trichiuridae
Anenchelum angustum Danil'chenko 1980
 Scombriformes - Scombridae
Sarda rara Bannikov 1979
Sarda remota Danil'chenko 1980
Chondrichthyes
 Lamniformes - Cetorhinidae
Caucasochasma zherikhini n. gen. n. sp.2
Caucasochasma zherikhini n. gen. n. sp.2 Prokoviev and Sychevskaya 2018 basking shark