title: The first find of fossil seals (Phocidae, Carnivora, Mammalia) in the Maikop beds of Kalmykia.
abstract: The data on a presumable lumbar vertebra of a fossil seal from the Maikopian beds of Kalmykia are provided. The specimen is confined to a suffocation taphocoenosis.
authors.affiliation: Borissiak Paleontological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Profsoyuznaya ul. 123, Moscow, 117997, Russia. tarasenkokk@gmail.com.
authors.forename: K K
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Tarasenko
authors.affiliation: Karpinsky All-Russia Research Institute of Geology, Srednii pr. 74, St. Petersburg, 199026, Russia.
authors.forename: S Yu
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Engalychev
authors.affiliation: Borissiak Paleontological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Profsoyuznaya ul. 123, Moscow, 117997, Russia.
authors.forename: A V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Lopatin
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005580:Fossils; D010163:Paleontology; D012426:Russia; D046048:Seals, Earless