Where: Russian Federation (44.5° N, 41.6° E: paleocoordinates 45.0° N, 40.2° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Burdigalian to Burdigalian (20.4 - 13.8 Ma)

• Age between Tarkhanian and Konkian (16.2–12.8 Ma) of the Eastern Paratethys, Middle Miocene. According to the map by Semenova & Uskov (1957), the locality represented by a single lithological unit between Urupsky and Otradnaya is dated as early as Tarkhanian, the stratum corresponding to the latest Burdigalian and early Langhian (16.2–15.3 Ma); however, Mchedlidze (1984) broadly dated it by the Middle Miocene without further evidence. No microfossils are associated with the specimen.

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Primary reference: G. Pilleri. 1986. Beobachtungen an Den Fossilen Cetaceen des Kaukasus 1-40 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 49686: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 23.04.2005

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