Mount Mitridat (Miocene of Ukraine)

Where: Crimea, Ukraine (45.5° N, 36.4° E: paleocoordinates 45.9° N, 42.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Serravallian (13.8 - 11.6 Ma)

• late Sarmatian

Environment/lithology: marine

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 60248: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 08.05.2006

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Carnivora - Phocidae
Monachopsis pontica Eichwald 1850 seal
Praepusa vindobonensis Toula 1897 seal