Novyi Podorozhnik (Oligocene of Kazakhstan)

Also known as Zaisan Depression

Where: Aktyubinskaya, Kazakhstan (48.0° N, 84.0° E: paleocoordinates 49.2° N, 81.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Burun Formation, Early/Lower Oligocene (33.9 - 28.4 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Joint Kazakhstan-American Paleontological Expedition in 1993-1994

Primary reference: M. A. Erbajeva. 1999. Paleogene hares (Leporidae, Lagomorpha) from the Zaisan Depression, Eastern Kazakhstan. Paleontological Journal 33(5):557-560 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 174743: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 26.11.2015

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Soricomorpha - Talpidae
Myxomygale sp.1 Filhol 1890 mole
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Gobiolagus sp., Gobiolagus cf. major, "Zaissanolagus gromovi n. gen. n. sp." = Gobiolagus gromovi, Desmatolagus sp.2
Gobiolagus sp. Burke 1941 rabbit
Gobiolagus cf. major Burke 1941 rabbit
"Zaissanolagus gromovi n. gen. n. sp." = Gobiolagus gromovi Erbajeva 1999 rabbit
IZK 35(15)816 - type (previously referred to as Procaprolagus cf. vetustus)
Desmatolagus sp.2 Matthew and Granger 1923 rabbit
Originally included within Zaissanolagus gromovi
 Rodentia - Castoridae
Propalaeocastor aff. shevyrevae3 Lytshev and Shevyreva 1994 beaver
Described as ‘‘Steneofiber cf. S. butselensis’’ by Emry et al., 1998