Zasuchino (third horizon), Western Transbaikalia: Early/Lower Pleistocene, Russian Federation

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Myopus cf. schisticolor
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Elephantinae indet. Gray 1821
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus ex gr. sanmeniensis Teilhard de Chardin and Piveteau 1930
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Rhinocerotidae indet. Gray 1821
Coelodonta cf. tologoijensis Beliajeva 1966
originally entered as "Coelodonta cf. tologoijensis"
Mammalia - Cervidae
Cervus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Alces latifrons (Johnson 1874)
recombined as Cervalces latifrons
Megacerini indet. Viret 1961
Mammalia - Bovidae
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821
Bison sp. Hamilton-Smith 1827
Ovibovini indet.
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Panthera sp. Oken 1816
Felis cf. macrotis
Felis sp. cf. macrotis
Mammalia - Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Hyaena brevirostris Gervais 1850
Hyaena brevirostris cf. sinensis
    = Pachycrocuta brevirostris Gervais 1850
Werdelin and Turner 1996
Pachycrocuta brevirostris cf. sinensis
Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae
Ursus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Gulo sp. Storr 1780
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Canis variabilis (Pei 1934)
Xenocyon sp. Kretzoi 1938
Nyctereutes sp. Temminck 1839
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae
Ochotona sp. Link 1795
Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Marmota cf. sibirica
Citellus (Urocitellus) undulatus
synonym of Spermophilus
Mammalia - Rodentia - Castoridae
Castor sp. Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Allophaiomys pliocaenicus Kormos 1932
Clethrionomys sp. Tilesius 1850
synonym of Myodes
Lasiopodomys cf. brandti
Microtus ex gr. mongolicus
Pitymys sp. McMurtrie 1831
synonym of Microtus
Pitymys ex. gr. hintoni-gregaloides sp.
Microtus ex gr. oeconomus (Pallas 1776)
Alticola sp. Blanford 1881
Cricetulus sp. Milne-Edwards 1867
see common names

Geography
Country:Russian Federation State/province:Western Transbaikalia
Coordinates: 51.8° North, 108.5° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:51.9° North, 108.5° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Early/Lower Pleistocene
Age range of interval:2.58000 - 0.77400 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Local bed:Kudun
Stratigraphy comments: Post-Villafranchian. This is the third faunistic horizon and is later than the Dodogol fauna. Latest Early Pleistocene (just before Brunhes/Matayama boundary).
Lithology and environment
Lithology description: brown sandy layer.
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Metadata
Database number:40266
Authorizer:A. Turner Enterer:H. O'Regan
Modifier:H. O'Regan Research group:PACED
Created:2004-06-21 07:35:31 Last modified:2004-06-23 06:01:46
Access level:the public Released:2004-06-21 07:35:31
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
10889.PACED M. A. Erbaeva. 1986. The Late Cenozoic Faunistic complexes of Transbaikalia with special reference to the micromammalia. Quatarpalaontologie 6:25-28 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan]

Secondary references:

10899PACED L. Werdelin and A. Turner. 1996. The fossil and living Hyaenidae of Africa: present status. in K. M. Stewart and K.L. Semour (eds.) Palaeoecology and palaeoenvironments of Late Cenozoic mammals: Tributes to the career of C.S. (Rufus) Churcher. University of Toronto Press, Toronto. 637-659 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan]