Kuruksay, Kuruksai-Navrukho: Pliocene, Tajikistan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Archidiskodon cf. gromovi
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= Mammuthus cf. gromovi
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McKenna and Bell 1997 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Ursidae
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Ursus cf. etruscus
Cuvier 1823
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Nyctereutes megamastoides
(Pomel 1842)
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| original and current combination Canis megamastoides | ||||||||||
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"Canis" kuruksaensis
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Hyaenidae
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Chasmaporthetes lunensis
Del Campana 1914
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| Chasmaporthetes lunensis kani | ||||||||||
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Pliocrocuta perrieri
Kretzoi 1938
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Felidae
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Megantereon megantereon
Croizet and Jobert 1828
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Homotherium crenatidens
Fabrini 1890
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Acinonyx cf. pardinensis
Croizet and Jobert 1828
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Lynx ex gr. issiodorensis
(Croizet and Jobert 1828)
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Equus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Forsten and Sharapov 2000 | |||||||||
| small form (compared to the larger E. stenonis, above) | ||||||||||
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Equus stenonis
Cocchi 1867
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| recombined as Allohippus stenonis | ||||||||||
| E. s. pamirensis (= E.s. bactrianus) | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Dicerorhinus sp.
Gloger 1841
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Mammalia
- Camelidae
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Paracamelus praebactrianus
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Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Libralces cf. gallicus
Azzaroli 1952
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Sinomegaceros tadzhikistanica
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Axis flerovi
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Elaphurus eleonorae
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Eucladoceros sp.
Falconer 1868
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Mammalia
- Giraffidae
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Sivatherium sp.
Falconer and Cautley 1836
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Sogdianotherium kuruksaense
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| synonym of Mitilanotherium | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Gazella parasinensis
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Gazellospira gromovae
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Antilospira sp.
Teilhard de Jardin and Young 1931
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Damalops palaeindicus
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Protoryx paralaticeps
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Protoryx sp.
Forsyth Major 1891
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Hystricidae
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Hystrix trofimovi
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Ellobius sp.
Fischer 1814
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Promimomys cf. baschkirica
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Cercopithecidae
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Papio suschkini
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Geography
| Country: | Tajikistan |
| Coordinates: | 38.3° North, 69.7° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 38.5° North, 69.5° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Pliocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Pliocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 5.33300 - 2.58000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Kuruksai suite | Local bed: | 2 | ||
| Local order: | bottom to top | ||||
| Regional section: | Afghan-Tadzhik Depression | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Middle Villafranchian, Late Pliocene, MN17. Below the Olduvai Subchron in the lower part of the Matuyama Chron. At the top of the Kuruksay/Kuruksai suite. There are 4 layers at the site - the three lowest are conglomerates and aleurites belonging to the Kuruksai suite (the bone bed is the second of these layers). The topmost bed is largely loessic clay and belongs to the Kairubak suite. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | siltstone |
| Secondary lithology: | conglomeratic sandstone |
| Lithology description: Fluvial deposits - siltstone, sandstone with interbedded conglomerates, belonging to the Kuruksay suite. | |
| Environment: | fluvial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
| Collection method comments: Two localities have been excavated - Kuruksai-Navrukho and Kuruksai-Lagernaya. This is probably the faunal list from Navrukho.
The locality was discovered in 1962. | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Navrukho, Kuruksai | ||
| Database number: | 34444 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Turner | Enterer: | H. O'Regan |
| Modifier: | H. O'Regan | Research group: | PACED |
| Created: | 2003-09-01 07:12:14 | Last modified: | 2004-06-28 06:08:28 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2003-09-01 07:12:14 |
| 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] |
Secondary references:
| 10946 | PACED | A. Forsten and S. Sharapov. 2000. Fossil equids (Mammalia, Equidae) from the Neogene and Pleistocene of Tadzhikistan. Geodiversitas 22(2):293-314 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan] |
| 7584 | M. C. McKenna and S. K. Bell. 1997. Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level 1-640 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] |