Tepke-2: Middle Pleistocene, Kyrgyzstan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Cervidae
Cervus cf. acoronatus
Mammalia - Soricidae
Sorex sp. Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Microtus ex gr. gregaloides
Microtus sp. Schrank 1798
Clethrionomys sp. Tilesius 1850
synonym of Myodes
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae
Ochotona sp. Link 1795
see common names

Geography
Country:Kyrgyzstan
Coordinates: 44.0° North, 78.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:44.0° North, 78.0° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
Stage:Chibanian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Middle Pleistocene
Age range of interval:0.77400 - 0.12900 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: MIddle Pleistocene, possibly end Galerian, Brunhes Chron. In the Tepke section, in the Djirgalan formation, 15 metres below the top of the section.
Lithology and environment
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Tepke 2
Database number:34448
Authorizer:A. Turner Enterer:H. O'Regan
Modifier:H. O'Regan Research group:PACED
Created:2003-09-01 08:13:28 Last modified:2003-09-01 11:23:56
Access level:the public Released:2003-09-01 08:13:28
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

9043.PACED M.V. Sotnikova, A.E. Dodonov, and A.V. Pen'kov. 1997. Upper Cenozoic bio-magnetic stratigraphy of Central Asian mammalian localities. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 133:243-258 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan]