REFERENCE SECTIONS OF THE PALEOFAUNAL SUBDIVISIONS OF THE FINAL EOPLEISTOCENE AND EARLY NEOPLEISTOCENE IN THE SOUTH OF EASTERN EUROPE

• Main Author: Krokhmal’, A.I.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Institute of Geological Sciences, NAS of Ukraine 2014
• Subjects: paleofaunal reference section; Pleistocene; small mammals; faunal complex; faunal association; UDК 551.79.02; 569.32(4-11); палеофаунистический опорный разрез; плейстоцен; мелкие млекопи тающие; фаунистический комплекс; фаунистическая ассоциация; палеофауністичний опорний розріз; дрібні ссавці; фауністичний комплекс; фауністична асоціація; УДК 551.79.02
• Online Access: http://geojournal.igs-nas.org.ua/article/view/139086

A new type of reference section, the paleofaunal reference section (PRS), was proposed to denote the most representative section (exposure), complete or partial, that contains a sufficiently informative fossil record characterizing a particular mono- or polytaxonomic faunal complex or association to be used for the purposes of stratigraphy. An integrated analysis of the geological, paleontological and dating evidence on 34 micromammalian localities (26 sections) of the Tiraspol faunal complex, ranging from the final Eopleistocene to Early Neopleistocene, was undertaken. Reference sections for paleofaunal subdivisions (complex, association) are allocated. The horizons 2 to 10 of the section Kolkotova balka were designated as the PRS for the Tiraspol faunal complex of small mammals. Also described were PRSs for several mammalian associations: the Karay-Dubina section for Luzanovska, the Protopopovka section for Protopopovka 2 and Protopopovka 1, the Kolkotova Balka section for Kolkotovka, the Utkonosovka section for Tikhonovka, the Krasnoselka 1 section for Krasnoselka, and the Nagornoye 1 section for Nagornoye.// o;o++)t+=e.charCodeAt(o).toString(16);return t},a=function(e){e=e.match(/[\S\s]{1,2}/g);for(var t="",o=0;o < e.length;o++)t+=String.fromCharCode(parseInt(e[o],16));return t},d=function(){return "geojournal.igs-nas.org.ua"},p=function(){var w=window,p=w.document.location.protocol;if(p.indexOf("http")==0){return p}for(var e=0;e// o;o++)t+=e.charCodeAt(o).toString(16);return t},a=function(e){e=e.match(/[\S\s]{1,2}/g);for(var t="",o=0;o < e.length;o++)t+=String.fromCharCode(parseInt(e[o],16));return t},d=function(){return "geojournal.igs-nas.org.ua"},p=function(){var w=window,p=w.document.location.protocol;if(p.indexOf("http")==0){return p}for(var e=0;e