Abstract
Associations of small and large mammals derived from marine and subaqueous sediments of Maeotian and Pontian regional stages of the Eastern Paratethys from the North-Eastern Sea of Azov and the North Caucasus regions are reviewed. They are correlated with the middle-late Turolian faunas, zones MN12- MN13, from Ukraine and Western Europe. The most representative collections are from localities Forshtadt (MN 12, the middle Maeotian), Morskaya-2 (terminal MN12 – early MN13, Maeotian/Pontian boundary) and Solnechnodolsk (MN13, Pontian). Several index forms of lagomorphs, rodents, carnivores, proboscideans, and cervids are briefl y described.