Odessa (Miocene of Ukraine)

Where: Odessa, Ukraine (46.5° N, 30.7° E: paleocoordinates 46.8° N, 30.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Tortonian (11.6 - 7.2 Ma)

• Meotian

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

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 75796: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 30.10.2007, edited by John Alroy

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Aceratherium sp. Kaup 1834 rhinoceros
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hipparion sp., "Hipparion gracile" = Hipparion depereti
Hipparion sp. de Christol 1832 hipparionine horse
var. minor
"Hipparion gracile" = Hipparion depereti Sondaar 1974 hipparionine horse
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Cervidae indet. Gray 1821 deer
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Palaeoryx pallasi Wagner 1857 antelope
 Artiodactyla - Giraffidae
Helladotherium duvernoyi Gaudry and Lartet 1856 giraffe
 Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Hyaenidae indet. Gray 1821 hyaena
Reptilia
 Testudines - Testudinidae
Testudinidae indet. Batsch 1788 turtle
Aves
 Accipitriformes - Accipitridae
Aquila sp. Linnaeus 1758 eagle
 Struthioniformes - Struthionidae
Struthio sp. Linnaeus 1758 ostrich