Pyrohiv Quarry: Priabonian, Ukraine
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Basilosauridae
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Platyosphys einori n. sp.
Gritsenko 2001
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synonym of Pachycetus paulsonii | ||||||||||
Dinophyceae
- Gonyaulacales
- Areoligeraceae
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Glaphyrocysta semitecta
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Davydenko et al. 2021 | |||||||||
Dinophyceae
- Gonyaulacales
- Gonyaulacaceae
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Thalassiphora fenestrata
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Davydenko et al. 2021 | |||||||||
Dinophyceae
- Peridiniales
- Peridiniaceae
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Charlesdowniea clathata
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Davydenko et al. 2021 | |||||||||
subspecies angulosa | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Ukraine | State/province: | Kyiv |
Coordinates: | 50.3° North, 30.5° East (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 49.7° North, 25.9° East | ||
Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
Time
Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
Stage: | Priabonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 3 |
Key time interval: | Priabonian | ||
Age range of interval: | 38.00000 - 33.90000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Obukhiv | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: The Obukhiv Formation. The cetacean bearing layer, as well as deposits covering it, contained the late Eocene (Priabonian) assemblage with Charlesdowniea clathata angulosa, Thalassiphora fenestrata, Glaphyrocysta semitecta, which corresponds to the association of Charlesdowniea clathata angulosa Zone (Andreyeva- Grigorovich et al., 2011). |
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: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
Also known as: | Pirogovo | ||
Database number: | 57767 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2005-12-21 13:55:07 | Last modified: | 2021-01-04 15:35:53 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-12-21 13:55:07 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
15532. | V. Gritsenko. 2001. New species Platiosphys [Platyosphys] einori (Archaeoceti) from Oligocenic deposits of Kyiv. Visnyk Heolohila Kyivskyi Natsionalyi Universytet Imeni Tarasa Shevchenka 20:17-20 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
75067 | S. Davydenko, T. Schevchenko, T. Ryabokon, R. Tretiakov, and P. Gol'din. 2021. A giant Eocene whale from Ukraine uncovers early cetacean adaptations to the fully aquatic life. Evolutionary Biology [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
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] |