Krivoy Rog (Miocene of Ukraine)

Also known as Kryvyi Rih

Where: Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine (47.9° N, 33.4° E: paleocoordinates 48.2° N, 32.7° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)

• JA: nominally early Miocene, but definitely late Miocene based on occurrence of Hipparion

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: E. I. Belyaeva. 1948. Catalogue of Tertiary Fossil Sites of the Land Mammals in the U.S.S.R. [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 75067: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 18.09.2007, edited by John Alroy

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Carnivora - Amphicyonidae
"Amphicyon minor" = Goupilictis minor
"Amphicyon minor" = Goupilictis minor Dehm 1935 bear-dog
 Artiodactyla - Palaeomerycidae
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equidae indet., "Hipparion minus" = Nannippus aztecus
Equidae indet. Gray 1821 horse
"Hipparion minus" = Nannippus aztecus Mooser 1968 hipparionine horse