Kiin Kerish (Kusto svita) (Oligocene of Kazakhstan)

Also known as Lake Zaysan

Where: Kazakhstan (47.0° N, 84.0° E: paleocoordinates 48.2° N, 81.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Oligocene (33.9 - 28.4 Ma)

• Kusto svita

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: S. G. Lucas and R. J. Emry. 1996. Biochronological significance of Amynodontidae (Mammalia, Perissodactyla) from the Paleogene of Kazakhstan. Journal of Paleontology 70(4):691-696 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 177065: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 18.03.2016

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Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
 Testudines - Trionychidae
"Trionyx zaisanensis n. sp." = Trionyx ninae
"Trionyx zaisanensis n. sp." = Trionyx ninae Chkhikvadze 1971 softshell turtle
Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Amynodontidae
"Cadurcodon ardynensis" = Cadurcodon ardynensis, "Amynodon tuskabakensis n. sp." = Cadurcodon ardynensis
"Cadurcodon ardynensis" = Cadurcodon ardynensis Osborn 1924 odd-toed ungulate
KAN 35-18-50
"Amynodon tuskabakensis n. sp." = Cadurcodon ardynensis Osborn 1924 odd-toed ungulate
KAN Z-K-57-260/1419 - type