Stavropol (Miocene of Russian Federation)

Where: Russian Federation (45.1° N, 42.0° E: paleocoordinates 45.5° N, 41.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Sarmatian (12.7 - 11.6 Ma)

• Middle Sarmatian

Environment/lithology: marine

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Primary reference: A. A. Kirpichnikov. 1954. Dva novykh roda delfinov iz sarmata SSSR. Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta 47:181-190 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 49684: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 23.04.2005

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Carnivora - Phocidae
"Phoca" novorossica3 Alekseev 1924 seal
 Cetacea - Delphinidae
"Delphinapterus (Pachypleurus) fockii n. sp." = Lissodelphis fockii2
"Delphinapterus (Pachypleurus) fockii n. sp." = Lissodelphis fockii2 Brandt 1873 dolphin
 Cetacea -
Anacharsis orbus n. gen. n. sp.1
Anacharsis orbus n. gen. n. sp.1 Bogachev 1956 toothed whale
 Cetacea - Kentriodontidae
Leptodelphis stavropolitanus n. gen. n. sp. Kirpichnikov 1954 toothed whale