Tyagnika (Miocene of Ukraine)

Where: Cherson, Ukraine (46.8° N, 33.0° E: paleocoordinates 47.2° N, 32.0° 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 60256: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 08.05.2006

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Grecoryx sp.
Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Choerolophodontidae
Choerolophodon sp.
Choerolophodon sp. Schlesinger 1917 proboscidean
 Proboscidea - Mammutidae
"Mastodon sp." = Mammut
"Mastodon sp." = Mammut Blumenbach 1799 mastodon
 Proboscidea - Deinotheriidae
"Deinotherium sp." = Dinotherium
"Deinotherium sp." = Dinotherium Kaup 1829 deinothere
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hipparion sp.
Hipparion sp. de Christol 1832 hipparionine horse
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Dicerorhinus sp., Aceratherium sp., Chilotherium sp.
Dicerorhinus sp. Gloger 1841 rhinoceros
Aceratherium sp. Kaup 1834 rhinoceros
Chilotherium sp. Ringström 1924 rhinoceros
 Cetacea - Delphinidae
Delphinidae indet.
Delphinidae indet. Gray 1821 dolphin
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Procapreolus sp.
Procapreolus sp. Schlosser 1929 deer
 Artiodactyla - Giraffidae
Samotherium sp., Palaeotragus sp.
Samotherium sp. Forsyth Major 1888 giraffe
Palaeotragus sp. Gaudry 1861 giraffe
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Gazella sp., Tragocerus sp., Procapra sp.
Gazella sp. Blaineville 1816 gazelle
Tragocerus sp. Gaudry 1861 antelope
Procapra sp. Hodgson 1846 antelope
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Microstonyx sp.
Microstonyx sp. Pilgrim 1926 pig
 Carnivora - Phocidae
? Cryptophoca maeotica
? Cryptophoca maeotica Nordmann 1860 seal
Reptilia
 Testudines - Testudinidae
Testudinidae indet.
Testudinidae indet. Batsch 1788 turtle
Aves
 Struthioniformes - Struthionidae
? Struthio asiaticus
? Struthio asiaticus Milne-Edwards 1871 Asian ostrich