Zhilansai: Late/Upper Oligocene, Kazakhstan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Erinaceidae
Amphechinus cf. rectus
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae
Sinolagomys pachygnathus Li and Qiu 1980
Mammalia - Rodentia - Ctenodactylidae
Tataromys cf. sigmodon Matthew and Granger 1923
Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Palaeosciurus sp. Pomel 1853
Mammalia - Rodentia - Castoridae
Capatanka aff. schokensis Bendukidze 1993
recombined as Propalaeocastor schokensis
see common names

Geography
Country:Kazakhstan
Coordinates: 46.8° North, 60.5° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:47.6° North, 58.1° 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:27.82000 - 23.03000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Aral
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: silty,sandy claystone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: sandy–silty–clayey type with a small amount of carbonate rocks
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:175959
Authorizer:P. Mannion Enterer:P. Mannion
Created:2016-01-20 09:24:23 Last modified:2016-01-20 09:24:23
Access level:the public Released:2016-01-20 09:24:23
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]