Dnieper River, Ukraine (Eocene of Ukraine)
Where: Ukraine (48.5° N, 35.0° E: paleocoordinates 48.0° N, 30.5° E)
• coordinate based on political unit
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine
• The valves are found from a quarry along the riverbank in sediments that indicate a shallow water marine basin.
Collection methods: bulk, mechanical,
• Valves sampled from quarry debris. Specimens = valves
Primary reference: L. S. Bielokrys. 2000. Lepidopleurida (Polyplacophora) from the Upper Eocene of Ukraine. Paleontological Journal 34(2):159-164 [L. Ivany/E. Kowalski]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 7295: authorized by Linda Ivany, entered by Elizabeth Kowalski on 23.05.2000
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
• Only chitons
Show authors, comments, and common names
| Polyplacophora | |
Lepidopleurus elaboratus n. sp., Lepidopleurus scirpeus n. sp., Lepidopleurus pustuliferus n. sp., Lepidopleurus papillosus n. sp.
Lepidopleurus elaboratus n. sp. chiton
Lepidopleurus scirpeus n. sp. chiton
Lepidopleurus pustuliferus n. sp. chiton
Lepidopleurus papillosus n. sp. chiton | |