Zhilansai (Oligocene of Kazakhstan)

Where: Kazakhstan (46.8° N, 60.5° E: paleocoordinates 47.6° N, 58.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Aral Formation, Late/Upper Oligocene (28.4 - 23.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; silty, sandy claystone

• sandy–silty–clayey type with a small amount of carbonate rocks

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: A. V. Lopatin. 1996. The Stratigraphy and Small Mammals from the Aral Formation, the Altynshokysu Locality, Northern Aral Area. Stratigraphy and Geological Correlation 4(2):65-79 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 175959: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 20.01.2016

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Rodentia - Castoridae
"Capatanka aff. schokensis" = Propalaeocastor schokensis
"Capatanka aff. schokensis" = Propalaeocastor schokensis Bendukidze 1993 beaver
 Rodentia - Ctenodactylidae
Tataromys cf. sigmodon
Tataromys cf. sigmodon Matthew and Granger 1923 gundi
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
Palaeosciurus sp.
Palaeosciurus sp. Pomel 1853 squirrel
 Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae
Sinolagomys pachygnathus
Sinolagomys pachygnathus Li and Qiu 1980 pika
 Theriamorpha - Erinaceidae
Amphechinus cf. rectus