Brykov (Miocene of Ukraine)

Where: Ternopol', Ukraine (50.1° N, 26.1° E: paleocoordinates 50.5° N, 25.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Volyn' horizon Formation, Sarmatian (12.7 - 11.6 Ma)

• lower Sarmatian

Environment/lithology: marine; poorly lithified, fine-grained, glauconitic sandstone

• loose, fine-grained, and inequigranular, crossbedded quartz sands with a aslight admixture of allothigene glauconite

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: L. N. Kudrin and K. A. Tatarinov. 1966. O miotsenovykh del'finakh Zapadnoy Ukrainy. Paleontologischeskiy Zhurnal 4:68-74 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 46116: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 03.01.2005

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Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Trochoidea - Trochidae
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Cerithium sp. Bruguière 1789 cerith snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Hydrobiidae
Hydrobia sp. Hartmann 1821 snail
 Opisthobranchia - Bullidae
Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Irus vitalianus venus clam
 Cardiida - Mactridae
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
 Cardiida - Donacidae
 Cardiida - Semelidae
Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Mammalia
 Cetacea - Kentriodontidae
Microphocaena podolica n. gen. n. sp.
Microphocaena podolica n. gen. n. sp. Kudrin and Tatarinov 1966 toothed whale