Also known as Aktau Mountain; Akotau; Ili Depression

Where: Kazakhstan (44.3° N, 78.4° E: paleocoordinates 45.3° N, 76.3° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• Lower part of Aktau Formation

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: S. G. Lucas and B. U. Bayshashov. 1996. The giant rhinoceros Paraceratherium from the late Oligocene at Aktau Mountain, southeastern Kazakhstan, and its biochronological significance. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Monatshefte 1996(H9):539-548 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 182628: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 15.11.2016

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