Celeken Island (Pliocene of Turkmenistan)

Also known as Ostrov Klych

Where: Turkmenistan (39.6° N, 53.6° E: paleocoordinates 39.8° N, 53.3° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine

Primary reference: A. N. Riabinin. 1908. Les restes des dauphins du Pliocène de l'île Celeken dans la mer Caspienne. Izvest. geol. Kom 27:517-521 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 56640: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 21.11.2005

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Cetacea - Delphinidae
Delphinus delphis Linnaeus 1758 short-beaked common dolphin
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Cervus sp. Linnaeus 1758 deer
Cervus elaphus Linnaeus 1758 red deer
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