Baku (Pleistocene of Azerbaijan)

Where: Azerbaijan (40.4° N, 49.9° E: paleocoordinates 40.4° N, 49.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Calabrian (1.8 - 0.8 Ma)

Environment/lithology: lacustrine

Primary reference: V. V. Bogachev. 1940. A finding of a new sea mammal in the Apsheron stage near Baku. Priroda 94:94-94 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 59668: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 06.04.2006

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Carnivora - Phocidae
"Phoca pontica" = Monachopsis pontica, Necromites nestoris n. gen. n. sp., "aff. Phoca vindobonensis" = Praepusa vindobonensis
"Phoca pontica" = Monachopsis pontica Eichwald 1850 seal
Necromites nestoris n. gen. n. sp. Bogachev 1940 seal
"aff. Phoca vindobonensis" = Praepusa vindobonensis Toula 1897 seal
 Cetacea - Cetotheriidae
Cetotherium sp. Brandt 1843 whale
Actinopteri
 Gobiiformes - Gobiidae