Import of building stone to the northern Black Sea region in the Middle of the 1st mil. BC according to micropaleontological analysis
Journal: Moscow University Bulletin Series 4 Geology
Year: 2023

The paper presents the results of micropaleontological studies of a series of stones found during the study of the pier of the ancient Greek city of Phanagoria. The samples contain Upper Turonian–Coniacian, Campanian, and Maastrichtian foraminifers characteristic of the Central Tethys zones. This makes it possible to exclude the Crimea and the North Caucasus from the possible regions of origin of the samples. It has been established that Upper Cretaceous carbonate strata similar in genesis and c