Altynshokysu (bone bed IV): Late/Upper Oligocene, Kazakhstan
collected by A.V. Lopatin, H. de Bruijn, G. Daxner-Höck, T. Bolliger, and D. Kälin 1993-1994

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula helmerseni
Gastropoda - Bithyniidae
Bithynia adornatus
Reptilia - Anseriformes - Anatidae
Anatidae indet. Vigors 1825
Reptilia - Struthioniformes - Ergilornithidae
Ergilornithidae indet. Kozlova 1960
Reptilia - Charadriiformes
Charadrii indet. Huxley 1867
Reptilia - Testudines
Chelonia indet. (Latreille 1800)
synonym of Testudines
Mammalia - Carnivora
? Stenoplesictinae indet. Schlosser 1923
invalid subgroup of Aeluroidea
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Mustelidae indet. Fischer 1817
Mammalia - Perissodactyla
Rhinocerotoidea indet. Gray 1821
Mammalia - Palaeomerycidae
Amphitragulus sp. Pomel 1847
Mammalia - Soricidae
Gobisorex aff. kingae Sulimski 1970
    = Gobisorex akhmetievi n. sp. Lopatin 2004
Lopatin 2004
PIN, no. 4516/6 - type
Atasorex edax n. gen., n. sp. Lopatin 2004
Lopatin 2004
PIN, no. 4516/190 - type
Mammalia - Talpidae
Lopatin 2004
PIN, nos. 4516/191, 192, 522
Asthenoscapter sp. Hutchison 1974
Migalea lavroi Bendukidze 1993
recombined as Pseudoparatalpa lavroi
PIN, no. 4516/188
Mammalia - Erinaceidae
Amphechinus sp. Aymard 1850
Lopatin 2004
PIN, no. 4516/607
Amphechinus cf. minimus Bohlin 1942
    = Amphechinus microdus n. sp. Lopatin 1999
Lopatin 1999
synonym of Amphechinus minimus
PIN, no. 4516/7 - type; referred material: PIN, no. 4516/189
Exallerix efialtes n. sp. Lopatin 1996
PIN, no. 4516/1 - type
Mammalia - Rodentia - Aplodontidae
Ansomys sp. Qiu 1987
    = Ansomys crucifer n. sp. Lopatin 1997
Lopatin 1997
PIN, no. 4516/202 - type (left P4)
Mammalia - Rodentia - Castoridae
Capatanka schokensis Bendukidze 1993
Lopatin 2004
recombined as Propalaeocastor schokensis
IP, no. 15/48; PIN, no. 4516/306 and 321
Steneofiber kumbulakensis (Lytschev 1970)
original and current combination Propalaeocastor kumbulakensis
PIN 4516/10–12, 24, 29, 37, 38, 307-339
Asiacastor aff. orientalis
    = Asiacastor sp. Lytschev 1971
Lopatin 2004
PIN no. 4516/13 and 302
Mammalia - Rodentia - Eomyidae
Pseudotheridomys yanshini Lopatin 2000
Lopatin 2000
recombined as Asianeomys yanshini
PIUZ specimen (M2 tooth)
Mammalia - Rodentia - Muridae
Tachyoryctoides glikmani (Vorontzov 1963)
    = Tachyoryctoides sp. Bohlin 1937
Lopatin 2004
PIN, no. 4516/28, 199, 200 and DK specimen
Aralomys gigas
synonym of Tachyoryctoides
PIN, no. 4516/523
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Eucricetodon occasionalis n. sp. Lopatin 1996
PIN, no. 4516/196 - type; referred material: PIN, no. 4516/197 and 198
Mammalia - Rodentia - Dipodidae
Parasminthus debruijni Lopatin 1999
Lopatin 1999
two teeth (PIUZ)
Mammalia - Rodentia - Ctenodactylidae
Yindirtemys birgeri n. sp. Bendukidze 1993
IP, no. 15/28; referred material: PIN, no. 4516/4, 21, 65 and 201
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae
Sinolagomys pachygnathus Li and Qiu 1980
Lopatin 1998
PIN, no. 4516/2 and 217
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Desmatolagus aff. shargaltensis Bohlin 1937
    = Desmatolagus simplex Argyropulo 1940
Lopatin 1998
PIN, no. 4516/3, 5, 9, 16, 25, 30, 43-44, 125, 126, 131-186, and 288-300
Desmatolagus aff. robustus Matthew and Granger 1923
    = Desmatolagus veletus n. sp. Lopatin 1998
Lopatin 1998
PIN, no. 4516/208 - type; referred material: PIN, no. 4516/187, 205-216
see common names

Geography
Country:Kazakhstan State/province:Aktyubinsk
Coordinates: 50.3° North, 57.2° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:51.0° North, 54.6° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Oligocene
Stage:Chattian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 4
Key time interval:Late/Upper Oligocene
Age range of interval:28.40000 - 23.03000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Aral
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:gray,green claystone
Lithology description: Greenish gray clays, plastic if fresh, fragmented if weathered
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collectors:A.V. Lopatin, H. de Bruijn, G. Daxner-Höck, T. Bolliger, and D. Kälin Collection dates:1993-1994
Metadata
Also known as:Altyn Schokysu; bone bed 4
Database number:175921
Authorizer:P. Mannion Enterer:P. Mannion
Modifier:P. Mannion Research group:vertebrate
Created:2016-01-19 09:50:10 Last modified:2016-01-19 10:22:00
Access level:the public Released:2016-01-19 09:50:10
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

57669. A. V. Lopatin. 1996. The Stratigraphy and Small Mammals from the Aral Formation, the Altynshokysu Locality, Northern Aral Area. Stratigraphy and Geological Correlation 4(2):65-79 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]

Secondary references:

57670 A. V. Lopatin. 1997. The First Finding of Ansomys (Aplodontidae, Rodentia, Mammalia) in the Miocene of Kazakhstan. Paleontological Journal 31(6):667-670 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
57695 A. V. Lopatin. 1998. A Revision of the Early Miocene Lagomorpha (Mammalia) from the North Aral Region. Paleontological Journal 32(3):291-304 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
2275 A. V. Lopatin. 1999. New Early Miocene Zapodidae (Rodentia, Mammalia) from the Aral Formation of the Altynshokysu Locality (North Aral Region). Paleontological Journal 33(4):429-438 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/P. Mannion]
24211 A. V. Lopatin. 1999. Oligocene and Early Miocene Insectivores (Mammalia) from Western Kazakhstan. Paleontological Journal 33(2):182-191 [L. van den Hoek Ostende/L. van den Hoek Ostende/P. Mannion]
99755% 160A. V. Lopatin. 2000. New early Miocene Aplodontidae and Eomyidae (Rodentia, Mammalia) from the Aral Formation of the Altynshokysu Locality (North Aral Region). Paleontological Journal 34(2):198-202 [X. Wang/X. Wang/P. Mannion]
57712 A. V. Lopatin. 2004. Early Miocene small mammals from the North Aral region (Kazakhstan) with special reference to their biostratigraphic significance. Paleontological Journal 38(S3):S217-S323 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]