Zaprozhnoye, Dniepr River (Oligocene of Ukraine)

Where: Ukraine (47.8° N, 35.2° E: paleocoordinates 48.1° N, 32.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Oligocene (33.9 - 23.0 Ma)

• most probably Oligocene

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified claystone and lithified sandstone

• clayey-sandy rock

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: A. Pisera. 2000. New species of lithistid sponges from the Paleogene of the Ukraine. Zoosystema 22(2):285-298 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 62044: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 11.07.2006

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Demospongiae
 Tetralithistida - Plinthosellidae
Plinthosella magna n. sp.
Plinthosella magna n. sp. demosponge
 Tetralithistida - Theonellidae
Theonella ukrainica n. sp.
Theonella ukrainica n. sp. demosponge
 Tetralithistida - Siphoniidae
Lerouxia digitata n. sp.
Lerouxia digitata n. sp. demosponge
 Tetralithistida - Chenendoporidae
Chenendopora piaskovskii n. sp.
Chenendopora piaskovskii n. sp. demosponge