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Gumista River, Gagra District, Abkhazia, Georgia

Lat/Long (Decimal)	43.2158,40.3672
Co-ordinates Derivation	estimated from map
Given Location	Abkhazia, Georgia
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates)	Gagra District, Abkhazia, Georgia

Collections

Collection	Reference	Stratigraphic Name	Comments	Lithology	Age
Gumista River	Monsch K. A., Bannikov A. F. (2011)	Kuma Horizon		not reported	33.9 - 5.333 Ma Cenozoic
Gumista River	Monsch K. A., Bannikov A. F. (2011)	Kuma Horizon		not reported	48.6 - 37.2 Ma Eocene

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Hierarchy	Age
Archaeus glarisianus species	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Carangiformes : Carangidae : Archaeus : *Archaeus glarisianus*	33.9 - 5.333 Ma Cenozoic
Alosa genuina species	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Clupeiformes : Clupeidae : Alosa : *Alosa genuina*	33.9 - 5.333 Ma Cenozoic
Palaeogadus latebrosus species	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Gadiformes : Merlucciidae : Palaeogadus : *Palaeogadus latebrosus*	33.9 - 5.333 Ma Cenozoic
Caprovesposus parvus species	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Caproidae : Caprovesposus : *Caprovesposus parvus*	33.9 - 5.333 Ma Cenozoic
Homorhynchus colei species	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Scombriformes : Palaeorhynchidae : Homorhynchus : *Homorhynchus colei*	33.9 - 5.333 Ma Cenozoic
Pseudotetrapturus luteus species	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Scombriformes : Palaeorhynchidae : Pseudotetrapturus : *Pseudotetrapturus luteus*	33.9 - 5.333 Ma Cenozoic
Serranus comparabilis species	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Perciformes : Serranidae : Serranus : *Serranus comparabilis*	33.9 - 5.333 Ma Cenozoic
Thunnus abchazicus species	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Scombriformes : Scombridae : Thunnus : *Thunnus abchazicus*	48.6 - 37.2 Ma Eocene

References

Danil'chenko P. G. (1960) Bony fishes of the Maikop deposits of the Caucasus, Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta 78, 1-247

Monsch K. A., Bannikov A. F. (2011) New taxonomic synopses and revision of the scombroid fishes (Scombroidei, Perciformes), including billfishes, from the Cenozoic of territories of the former USSR, Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 102 4, 253-300 doi:10.1017/S1755691011010085

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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