Aktau: Chattian, Kazakhstan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Asthenoscaptor sp.
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
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Ergilia kazachstanica
Gromov 1960
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Bayshashov and Billia 2011 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Erinaceidae
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Lanthanotherium sp.
(Filhol 1888)
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| original and current combination Lantanotherium | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Soricidae
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Gobisorex aff. kingae
Sulimski 1970
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Leporidae
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Desmatolagus aff. schargaltensis
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Ochotonidae
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Sinolagomys aff. kansuensis
Bohlin 1937
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= Sinolagomys pachygnathus
Li and Qiu 1980
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Lopatin 1998 | |||||||||
| PIUZ, DK, and NMV specimens | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Ctenodactylidae
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Yindirtemys sajakensis
Bendukidze 1993
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Yindirtemys birgeri
Bendukidze 1993
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Castoridae
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Capacikala aff. sajakensis
Bendukidze 1993
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Capacikala cf. sciuroides
(Matthew 1907)
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| synonym of Palaeocastor nebrascensis | ||||||||||
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Asiacastor aff. orientalis
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Capatanka schokensis
Bendukidze 1993
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| recombined as Propalaeocastor schokensis | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Eucricetodon sajakensis
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Eucricetodon aff. caducus
(Shevyreva 1967)
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| original and current combination Cricetops caducus | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Muridae
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Tachyoryctoides gigas
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Tachyoryctoides sp.
Bohlin 1937
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Tachyoryctoides aff. obrutschewi
Bohlin 1937
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Adocidae
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"Adocus" informal sp. 1
Cope 1868
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Danilov et al. 2011 | |||||||||
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= "Adocus" sp.
Cope 1868
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Danilov et al. 2013 | |||||||||
| lacks characters of "true" Adocus | ||||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Kazakhstan |
| Coordinates: | 47.4° North, 60.9° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 48.2° North, 58.4° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Oligocene |
| Stage: | Chattian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 4 |
| Key time interval: | Chattian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 27.82000 - 23.03000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Aral | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: late Oligocene | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | green,yellow calcareous "shale" |
| Secondary lithology: | claystone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: grayish yello-green calcareous shale and claystone | |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Akotau | ||
| Database number: | 64412 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen, M. Carrano, P. Holroyd, P. Mannion | Enterer: | M. Uhen, M. Carrano, P. Holroyd, P. Mannion |
| Modifier: | P. Mannion | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2006-09-08 07:07:12 | Last modified: | 2016-01-19 10:40:19 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-09-08 07:07:12 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 18566. | S. G. Lucas, E. G. Kordikova, and R. J. Emry. 1998. Oligocene stratigraphy, sequence stratigraphy, and mammalian biochronology north of the Aral Sea, Western Kazakstan. Bulletin of the Carnegie Museum of Natural History 34:313-348 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 59895 | B. U. Bayshashov and E. M. E. Billia. 2011. Records of Tapiroidea Gray, 1825 (Mammalia, Perissodactyla) from Kazakhstan – An overview. Acta Palaeontologica Romaniae 74:1-7 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] | |
| 37404 | ETE | I. G. Danilov, V. B. Sukhanov, and E. V. Syromyatnikova. 2011. New Asiatic materials on turtles of the family Adocidae with a review of the adocid record in Asia. Proceedings of the Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences 315(2):101-132 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/P. Mannion] |
| 48403 | I. G. Danilov, E. V. Syromyatnikova, P. P. Skutschas, T. M. Kodrul, and J. Jin. 2013. The first "true" Adocus (Testudines, Adocidae) from the Paleogene of Asia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 33(5):1071-1080 [M. Uhen/C. Peredo] | |
| 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] | |
| 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] |