Cape Kop-Takyl (Miocene of Ukraine)

Also known as Reef 4205

Where: Crimea, Ukraine (45.1° N, 36.3° E: paleocoordinates 45.6° N, 41.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Sarmatian (12.7 - 11.6 Ma)

• middle Sarmatian

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; reef rocks

• Bryalgal bioherms

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: I. A. Goncharova and Y. V. Rostovtseva. 2009. Evolution of Organogenic Carbonate Buildups in the Middle through Late Miocene of the Euxine–Caspian Basin (Eastern Paratethys). Paleontological Journal 43(8):866-876 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 194984: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 10.07.2018

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Trochoidea - Trochidae
Gibbula sarmates top snail
Gibbula papilla top snail
Gibbula sp. Risso 1826 top snail
 Neogastropoda -
 Sorbeoconcha - Hydrobiidae
Hydrobia sp. Hartmann 1821 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Amnicolidae
Amnicola sp. Gould and Haldeman 1841 snail
 Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
Acteocina inflexa barrel-bubble
Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Mactridae
Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Ditrupa sp. Berkeley 1835