Sevastopol (Miocene of Ukraine)

Where: Crimea, Ukraine (44.6° N, 33.5° E: paleocoordinates 45.6° N, 38.9° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Sarmatian (12.7 - 11.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: I. A. Dubrovo and K. V. Kapelist. 1973. Catalog of Localities of Tertiary Vertebrates of the USSR. 1-159 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 60252: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 08.05.2006, edited by John Alroy

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Reptilia
 Testudines - Testudinidae
Testudinidae indet.1 Batsch 1788 turtle
 Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionyx sp.2 Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1809 softshell turtle
Mammalia
 Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Ictitherium tauricum2 Borissiak 1915 hyaena
 Carnivora - Phocidae
Phocidae indet.3 Gray 1821 seal
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
"Hipparion gracile" = Hipparion depereti2, "Hipparion minus" = Nannippus aztecus2
"Hipparion gracile" = Hipparion depereti2 Sondaar 1974 hipparionine horse
var. sebastopolitanum
"Hipparion minus" = Nannippus aztecus2 Mooser 1968 hipparionine horse
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Aceratherium zernovi2 rhinoceros
var. asiaticum
 Cetacea - Ziphiidae
Ziphiidae indet.3 Gray 1850 beaked whale
 Cetacea -
Cetotherium priscum Eichwald 1840 whale
 Artiodactyla - Giraffidae
"Achtiaria expectans" = Palaeotragus2
"Achtiaria expectans" = Palaeotragus2 giraffe
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Gazella sp.2 Blaineville 1816 gazelle