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The First Find of Seals of the Genus Pachyphoca (Carnivora, Phocidae) in Miocene Rocks of Rostov Region

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The fossil remains of a seal of the genus Pachyphoca from the Upper Miocene Sarmatian stratum of the Morskaya-3 site (Neklinovskii district, Rostov region) were described. According to the structure of the humerus and pelvic bones, the seal was identified as Pachyphoca ukrainica Koretsky et Rahmat, 2013. This is the first evidence of the presence of representatives of this genus in northeast of Taganrog Bay, demonstrating the similar composition of the Middle Sarmatian fauna of marine mammals in the western and eastern districts of the Northern Black Sea region.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The authors are grateful to colleagues who participated in the collection of materials and excavations at the Morskaya-3 site in the years 1998–2001. The authors are grateful to N.A. Orlov (Geological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences) for dissecting the material.

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This work was supported by the Russian Science Foundation, project no. 18-74-10081, “Evolution of Vertebrate Communities in the Late Cenozoic of Eastern Europe.”

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  1. Borisyak Institute of Paleontology, Russian Academy of Sciences, 117647, Moscow, Russia

    K. K. Tarasenko

  2. Southern Science Center, Russian Academy of Sciences, 344006, Rostov-on-Don, Russia

    V. V. Titov

  3. Southern Federal University, Ivanovskii Academy of Biology and Biotechnology, 344090, Rostov-on-Don, Russia

    V. V. Titov

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Tarasenko, K.K., Titov, V.V. The First Find of Seals of the Genus Pachyphoca (Carnivora, Phocidae) in Miocene Rocks of Rostov Region. Dokl. Earth Sc. 505, 558–561 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1028334X22080165

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