Taman Peninsula: Serravallian, Russian Federation

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Cetacea
Palaeophocaena andrussowi n. gen., n. sp. Abel 1905
1 specimen
Ziphius blasii n. sp. Brandt 1873
Brandt 1873 1 specimen
nomen dubium belonging to Cetacea
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Leda fragilis
synonym of Nuculana
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Cryptodon sinuosus
spelled with current rank as Lutraria (Cryptodon)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Nassa duplicata
see common names

Geography
Country:Russian Federation
Coordinates: 45.2° North, 36.7° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:45.6° North, 42.2° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
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
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: claystone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: Zweite Mediterranstuffe (dunkle Schiefertone mit Konkretionen, enthaltend fossilen
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original phosphate
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Halbinsel Taman
Database number:48070
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:J. Alroy Research group:vertebrate
Created:2005-03-11 13:01:21 Last modified:2006-08-16 20:05:28
Access level:the public Released:2005-03-11 13:01:21
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
12863. O. Abel. 1905. Eine Stammtype der Delphiniden aus dem Miocan der Halbinsel Taman. Jahrbuch der Kaiserlich-Koniglichen Geologischen Reichsanstalt 60:375-388 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

12650 J. F. Brandt. 1843. De cetotherio, novo balaenarum familiae genre in Rossia Meridionali ante aliquot annos effoso. Bulletin de La Classe Physico-Mathématique de L'Académie Impérial des Sciences de Saint Pétersberg 1(10-12):145-148 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
11981 J. F. Brandt. 1873. Untersuchungen über die fossilen und subfossilen cetaceen Europa's. Mémoires de L'Académie Impériale des Sciences de Saint-Petersbourg, Series 7 20(1):1-372 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
7584 M. C. McKenna and S. K. Bell. 1997. Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level 1-640 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]
13329 G. Pilleri. 1986. Beobachtungen an Den Fossilen Cetaceen des Kaukasus 1-40 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]