Abstract

First is a description of the Eocene fish coprolites Selachicoprus volgensis Khosatskyet Vialov of sections Ak-kaya and Prolom (Belogorsky region, Crimea). The data obtained are expanding information about trace fossils vertebrates Paleogene and justify their prospects further researches of Cenozoic deposits of Ukraine. Investigated two coprolites location in Belogorsk region of Crimea. The first of them is a career gap, which is located on the left bank district. Kuchuk Karasu, about 1 km south of the village Prolom and the second is near the village Bila Skelia (White Rock) on the right bank Biyuk-Karasu was open N.I. Udovychenko and luhansk paleontologists studied for over 20 years. Should be noted that maximum concentration remains of vertebrates, with whom coprolites are found, there is a layer 4 and bottom layer 6, which are composed greenish-brown sand, glauconite, calcareous concretions of small phosphorite, small grains mixed gravel and greenish-yellow calcareous clay, sandstone with very large admixture of glauconite, phosphorite concretions small. The presence of well-preserved coprolites indicates the existence of the bottom of the reservoir areas inviting waters, and the presence of dissolved phosphates, which are not allowed to chemically break down coprolites. Keywords: coprolites, Eocene, Oligocene, Crimea.

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