Karagaily section, level 10: Serravallian, Kazakhstan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Cassidulina ex gr. bulbiformis
Amnicythere mironovi
Actinopteri - Albuliformes - Albulidae
Pterothrissus sp. Hilgendorf 1877
1 specimen
Actinopteri - Trachinidae
Trachinus sp. Linnaeus 1758
1 specimen
Actinopteri - Sciaenidae
Genyonemus ? karagiensis Bratishko et al. 2015
12 specimens
? Genyonemus aff. karagiensis Bratishko et al. 2015
2 specimens
Trewasciaena suzini Bratishko et al. 2015
7 specimens
Actinopteri - Perciformes - Sparidae
Pagellus sp. Cuvier and Valenciennes 1830
3 specimens
Actinopteri - Perciformes
Aphia djafarovae Bratishko et al. 2015
29 specimens
Actinopteri - Perciformes - Scorpaenidae
? Pontinus aff. obrotchishtensis
1 specimen
Actinopteri - Spariformes - Centracanthidae
Centracanthus pobedinae Bratishko et al. 2015
5 specimens
Actinopteri - Acanthuriformes - Sciaenidae
Pogonias ? sp. Lacépède 1802
1 specimen
Actinopteri - Moronidae
Morone sp. Mitchill 1814
1 specimen
Morone ? bannikovi
9 specimens
Actinopteri - Gobiiformes - Gobiidae
Knipowitschia suavis Schwarzhans 2014
125 specimens
Neogobius udovichenkoi Bratishko et al. 2015
26 specimens
Ponticola zosimovichi Bratishko et al. 2015
81 specimens
Pomatoschistus bunyatovi Bratishko et al. 2015
4 specimens
Actinopteri - Blenniiformes - Blenniidae
Parablennius prokofievi Bratishko et al. 2015
10 specimens
Actinopteri - Mugiliformes - Mugilidae
Chelon ? sp. Artedi 1793
6 specimens
Actinopteri - Atheriniformes - Atherinidae
Atherina gidjakensis (Pobedina 1956)
6 specimens
Atherina aff. gidjakensis (Pobedina 1956)
1 specimen
Actinopteri - Carangiformes - Carangidae
Trachurus sp. Lacépède 1802
1 specimen
Actinopteri - Pleuronectiformes - Bothidae
Arnoglossus ? tenuis (Schubert 1906)
3 specimens
Actinopteri - Pleuronectiformes - Soleidae
Dicologlossa patens (Bassoli 1906)
24 specimens
original and current combination Otolithus (Solea) patens
Actinopteri - Pleuronectiformes - Pleuronectidae
Solea rotunda (Priem 1914)
26 specimens
Actinopteri - Polynemidae
Polydactylus cf. gaemersi Steurbaut 1984
2 specimens
Actinopteri - Syngnathiformes - Callionymidae
? Protonymus primus (Weiler 1943)
4 specimens
? Protonymus aff. primus (Weiler 1943)
2 specimens
? Protonymus aff. miocenicus (Pobedina 1954)
2 specimens
Actinopteri - Syngnathiformes - Mullidae
Mullus bifurcatus (Strashimirov 1972)
11 specimens
Actinopteri - Gadiformes - Gadidae
Palimphemus minusculoides (Schubert 1912)
1253 specimens
Actinopteri - Gadiformes - Gaidropsaridae
Onogadus simplicissimus
75 specimens
Actinopteri - Clupeiformes - Clupeoidei
Alosa paulicrenata Bratishko et al. 2015
2 specimens
Sardina ? sp. Antipa 1905
12 specimens
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
Chrysallida interstincta
Chrysallida sp. Carpenter 1856
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Retusidae
Retusa sp. Brown 1827
Cylichnina sp. Monterasato 1884
spelled with current rank as Retusa (Cylichnina)
Retusa truncatula (Bruguiere 1792)
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
Acteocina lajonkaireana (Basterot 1825)
Gastropoda - Patellida - Acmaeidae
Tectura incognita
Tectura laevigata
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella pithagoraica
Gastropoda - Rissoidae
Mohrensternia nitida
Mohrensternia laskarevi
Mohrensternia inflata
Gastropoda - Hydrobiidae
Hydrobia sp. Hartmann 1821
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Nassarius sp. Duméril 1806
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Crenellidae
Musculus naviculoides
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Mytilaster volhynicus
spp. buglovensis
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Obsoletiforma litopodolica
spp. ruthenica
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Semelidae
Abra alba (Wood 1802)
spp. scytica
Ervilia dissita
spp. dissita
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Pholadidae
Barnea sp. Leach 1826
Pholas sp. Linnaeus 1758
Ostracoda - Podocopida - Leptocytheridae
Euxinocythere stabilis
Euxinocythere naviculata
Euxinocythere pseudonaviculata
Euxinocythere gerke
Ostracoda - Podocopida - Paradoxostomatidae
Paracytherois tenerum
Ostracoda - Podocopida - Loxoconchidae
Loxoconcha turgida
Loxoconcha assimulatoformis
Loxoconcha elliptica
Ostracoda - Podocopida - Cytherideidae
Cyprideis torosa
Globothalamea - Rotaliida - Nonionidae
Nonion bogdanowichi
Nonion biporus
Globothalamea - Rotaliida - Discorbidae
Discorbis kartvelicus
Nodosariata - Polymorphinida - Polymorphinidae
Globulina gibba d'Orbigny 1832
Rotaliidae
Ammonia ex gr. beccari
Tubothalamea - Miliolida - Hauerinidae
Quinqueloculina aff. gracilis
Elphidiidae
Elphidium macellum
Elphidium angulatum
Elphidium horridum
Porosononion martkobi
Buliminidae
Bulimina aff. leninabadensis
see common names

Geography
Country:Kazakhstan
Coordinates: 44.0° North, 51.8° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:44.5° North, 50.9° East
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
Stage:Serravallian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5
Key time interval:Serravallian
Age range of interval:13.82000 - 11.63000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: Konkian
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: claystone
Lithology description: Clay, light grey, with imprints of bivalves. Distinct fossil rich lens about 0.2 m below, light grey, friable
Environment:shallow subtidal indet.
Geology comments: shallow-shelf or nearshore environment
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:174760
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:M. Krause
Modifier:M. Krause Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2015-11-27 05:55:46 Last modified:2015-11-27 05:56:15
Access level:authorizer only Released:2016-02-27 05:55:46
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

57118. A. Bratishko, W. Schwarzhans, B. Reichenbacher, Y. Vernyhorova, and S. Coric. 2015. Fish otoliths from the Konkian (Miocene, early Serravallian) of Mangyshlak (Kazakhstan): testimony to an early endemic evolution in the Eastern Paratethys. Paläontologische Zeitschrift 89:839-889 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]