Piriha: Eocene, Ukraine
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Basilosauridae
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Basilosaurus sp.
Harlan 1834
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= Basilosauridae indet.
Cope 1867
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Uhen 2013 | ||||||
= Pachycetus paulsoni
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Gingerich et al. 2022 | ||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Ukraine |
Coordinates: | 49.2° North, 33.1° East (view map) |
Paleocoordinates: | 46.8° North, 27.8° East |
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
Key time interval: | Eocene | ||
Age range of interval: | 56.00000 - 33.90000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | not reported |
Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
Database number: | 132383 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2012-08-16 04:40:25 | Last modified: | 2012-08-15 13:40:25 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2012-08-16 04:40:25 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
42656. | E. A. Zvonok. 2012. On the problematic Eocene cetacean from Nagornoye site (Kirovograd prov., Ukraine) and the significance of archaeocetes for stratigraphic research. Geolog Ukrainy 1-2:87-93 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/O. Alfaro] |
Secondary references:
82775 | P. D. Gingerich, A. Amane, and S. Zouhri. 2022. Skull and partial skeleton of a new pachycetine genus (Cetacea, Basilosauridae) from the Aridal Formation, Bartonian middle Eocene, of southwestern Morocco. PLoS One 17(10):e0276110 [M. Uhen/E. Medeiros/M. Uhen] | |
42488 | M. D. Uhen. 2013. A review of North American Basilosauridae. Alabama Museum of Natural History Bulletin 31(2):1-45 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |