Where: Crimea, Ukraine (45.5° N, 33.7° E: paleocoordinates 45.8° N, 33.2° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Messinian (7.2 - 5.3 Ma)

• "Pontic limestone"

Environment/lithology: limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: I. Koretsky. 2001. Morphology and systematics of Miocene Phocinae (Mammalia: Carnivora) from Paratethys and the North Atlantic region. Geologica Hungarica Series Palaeontologica 54:1-109 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 60247: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 08.05.2006

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