Also known as Kerch
Where: Ukraine (45.2° N, 36.4° E: paleocoordinates 45.2° N, 36.4° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
• two beds totalling approximately 4 m within "Karangatian marine deposits, 20-25 m thick"
•assigned to the last interglacial based on a U/Th date of 127 +/- 8.9 ka for layer Ib
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone and siltstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: A. E. Dodonov, A. L. Tchepalyga, C. D. Mihailescu, L. P. Zhou, A. K. Markova, V. M. Trubikhin, A. N. Simakova and E. G. Konikov. 2000. Last-interglacial records from central Asia to the northern Black Sea shoreline: stratigraphy and correlation. Geologie en Mijnbouw / Netherlands Journal of Geosciences 79(2/3):303-311 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 68298: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 14.01.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
"Cerithium vulgatum" = Cerithium (Thericium) vulgatum
"Cerithium vulgatum" = Cerithium (Thericium) vulgatum Bruguière 1789 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Mytilus edulus mussel | |
Paphia senescens venus clam | |
"Acanthocardia tuberculata" = Cardium tuberculatum
"Acanthocardia tuberculata" = Cardium tuberculatum Linnaeus 1758 cockle | |
Mammalia | |
Ellobius talpinus, Lagurus lagurus, Eolagurus luteus, Arvicola ex gr. terrestris, Microtus (Stenocranius) gregalis, Microtus (Microtus) arvalis
Ellobius talpinus Pallas 1770 mole-vole
Lagurus lagurus mouse
Eolagurus luteus steppe lemming
Arvicola ex gr. terrestris Linnaeus 1758 European water vole | |
Spalax sp. Güldenstadt 1770 blind mole | |
Spermophilus sp. Cuvier 1825 ground squirrel |