Pyrohiv Quarry: Priabonian, Ukraine

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Cetacea - Basilosauridae
Platyosphys einori n. sp. Gritsenko 2001
synonym of Pachycetus paulsonii
Dinophyceae - Gonyaulacales - Areoligeraceae
Glaphyrocysta semitecta
Davydenko et al. 2021
Dinophyceae - Gonyaulacales - Gonyaulacaceae
Thalassiphora fenestrata
Davydenko et al. 2021
Dinophyceae - Peridiniales - Peridiniaceae
Charlesdowniea clathata
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]