Shinzhaly K1D (Eocene of Kazakhstan)

Also known as Andreyevka; Shinzhyly; Shinjaly

Where: Kazakhstan (45.9° N, 80.6° E: paleocoordinates 46.3° N, 74.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Kolpak Formation, Irdinmanhan (48.6 - 37.2 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; bentonitic, gray, green, sandy mudstone

• light greenish gray to pale olive, sandy, bentonitic mudstone

Size class: mesofossils

Collected by Kazak-American expedition in 1993-1994

Collection methods: sieve,

Primary reference: R. J. Emry, L. A. Tyutkova, S. G. Lucas and B. Wang. 1998. Rodents of the middle Eocene Shinzhaly fauna of Eastern Kazakstan. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 18(1):218-227 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 177049: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 18.03.2016

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Rodentia - Zapodidae
Aksyiromys dalos Shevyreva 1984 jumping mouse
IZ-NAS-RK
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Zhungaromys gromovi Emry et al. 1998 mouse
IZ-NAS-RK
Zhungaromys cf. gromovi Emry et al. 1998 mouse
IZ-NAS-RK-KI 34/248
Pappocricetodon kazakstanicus Emry et al. 1998 mouse
IZ-NAS-RK