Metekhi (Oligocene of Georgia)
Where: Georgia (41.9° N, 44.3° E: paleocoordinates 39.0° N, 50.6° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Chattian (28.4 - 23.0 Ma)
• late Oligocene: "Maikopian"
Environment/lithology: marine; brown, gray claystone
• brownish-gray clays
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: G. A. Mchedlidze. 2008. The short preliminary information on the Metekhi vertebrate site (Late Oligocene). Problems of Paleobiology 3:129-133 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 129118: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 20.06.2012