Tsalk: Pliocene, Georgia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Archidiskodon meridionalis
(Nesti 1825)
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= Mammuthus meridionalis
Nesti 1825
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Canis aff. etruscus
Forsyth Major 1877
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Leptobos sp.
Rutimeyer 1878
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Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Eucladoceros sp.
Falconer 1868
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Cervus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Dama aff. nestii
Azzaroli 1947
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| recombined as Cervus nestii | |||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Equus stenonis
Cocchi 1867
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| recombined as Allohippus stenonis | |||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Georgia |
| Coordinates: | 41.6° North, 44.0° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 41.6° North, 45.6° 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
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lenticular lithified sandy claystone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: Sandy clay; the level at which the bones were found is the site of constant drainage of ground waters. | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | mesofossils |
| Associated major elements: | some |
| Disassociated minor elements: | some |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 39882 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Hunter, A. Turner | Enterer: | D. Ehrenburg, H. O'Regan |
| Modifier: | D. Ehrenburg | ||
| Created: | 2004-06-10 12:12:38 | Last modified: | 2004-06-10 15:12:38 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-06-10 12:12:38 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 10818. | 5% 25540 | A. K. Vekua, D.G. Djigauri, and R.I. Torozov. 1984. Noviye Paleontologicheskiye Nakhodki v Okrestnostiakh Tsalka. Bulletin of the Academy of Science of the Georgian SSR 118(2):373-376 [J. Hunter/D. Ehrenburg/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 7584 | M. C. McKenna and S. K. Bell. 1997. Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level 1-640 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] |