Kolyma River, between the mouth of Omolon and Anjuj, Jedoma-Suite (Pleistocene of Russian Federation)

Where: Respublika Saha (Jakutija), Russian Federation (68.8° N, 160.0° E: paleocoordinates 68.8° N, 160.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

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

• Upper Pleistocene, Riß/Würm and Würm; Jedoma-Suite is elder than Early Alassy deposits and Aljoschka-Suite

Environment/lithology: fluvial; unlithified, fine-grained, ferruginous, silty sandstone

• big pile of ferruginous fine silty sand and loam layers

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: bulk,

Primary reference: A. W. Sher. 1971. Säugetierfunde und Pleistozänstratigraphie in der Kolyma-Niederung (Pleistocene stratigraphy from the Kolyma fluvial plain and it's mammal fossils). Berichte der deutschen Gesellschaft für geologische Wissenschaften A, Geologie und Paläontologie 16(2):113-125 [J. Alroy/S. Kuemmell/S. Kuemmell]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 48587: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Susanna Kümmell on 24.03.2005

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
 Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae
Ochotona sp. Link 1795 pika
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Dicrostonyx torquatus Pallas 1778 Arctic lemming
"Stenocranius sp." = Microtus (Stenocranius) Kastschenko 1901 vole
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
"Citellus cf. parryi" = Spermophilus
"Citellus cf. parryi" = Spermophilus ground squirrel
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Alces alces Linnaeus 1758 moose
Rangifer tarandus Linnaeus 1758 reindeer
Cervus elaphus Linnaeus 1758 red deer
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Bison sp. Hamilton-Smith 1827 bison
small and short horns
Bison priscus Bojanus 1827 bison
ssp. crassicornis
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus caballus Linnaeus 1758 horse
small form
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Coelodonta antiquitatis Blumenbach 1799 wooly rhino
 Carnivora - Canidae
Vulpes vulpes Linnaeus 1758 red fox
"Alopex lagopus" = Vulpes lagopus Linnaeus 1758 Arctic fox
Canis lupus Linnaeus 1758 gray wolf
 Carnivora - Ursidae
Ursus arctos Linnaeus 1758 brown bear
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
Gulo gulo Linnaeus 1758 wolverine
 Carnivora - Felidae
"Panthera spelaea" = Panthera leo spelaea
"Panthera spelaea" = Panthera leo spelaea Goldfuss 1810 lion
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Mammuthus primigenius Blumenbach 1799 wooly mammoth
late form