Shandrin River, Indigirka River (Pleistocene of Russian Federation)

Also known as Shandrin mammoth

Where: Sakha, Russian Federation (70.4° N, 152.3° E: paleocoordinates 70.4° N, 152.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; unlithified siltstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: soft parts

Collected by B.S. Russanov in 1972

• Repository: Zoological Institute, Akademii Nauk SSSR (for fly larvae at least)

Primary reference: K. Y. Grunin. 1973. Pervaya nakhodka lichinok zheludochnogo ovoda mamonta - Cobboldia (Mamontia, subgen. n.) russanovi, sp. n. (Diptera, Gasterophilidae). Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie 52:228-233 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 164185: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 24.11.2014

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Mammuthus primigenius Blumenbach 1799 wooly mammoth
Insecta
 Diptera - Oestridae
Cobboldia (Mamontia) russanovi n. sp. Grunin 1973 bot fly