Where: Russian Federation (59.3° N, 132.6° E: paleocoordinates 59.3° N, 132.6° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: cave; siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: anthropogenic
Primary reference: N. V. Zelenkov, E. N. Kurochkin, A. A. Karhu and P. Ballmann. 2008. Birds of the Late Pleistocene and Holocene from the Palaeolithic Djuktai cave site of Yakutia, eastern Siberia. Oryctos 7:217-226 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 194811: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 29.06.2018
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Aves | |
"Larus ridibundus" = Chroicocephalus ridibundus
"Larus ridibundus" = Chroicocephalus ridibundus Linnaeus 1758 black-headed gull | |
Scolopacidae indet., Tringa sp., Tringa ochropus, Tringa nebularia, Tringa glareola, Phalaropus lobatus, Gallinago sp., Gallinago megala, Gallinago stenura, Gallinago gallinago, Calidris sp., Numenius minutus, Numenius phaeopus
Scolopacidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 snipe
Tringa sp. Linnaeus 1758 snipe
Tringa ochropus Linnaeus 1758 green sandpiper
Tringa nebularia Gunnerus 1767 common greenshank
Tringa glareola Linnaeus 1758 wood sandpiper
Phalaropus lobatus Linnaeus 1758 red-necked phalarope
Gallinago sp. Brisson 1760 snipe
Gallinago megala Swinhoe 1861 Swinhoe's snipe
Gallinago stenura Bonaparte 1831 pin-tailed snipe
Gallinago gallinago Linnaeus 1758 common snipe
Calidris sp. Gmelin 1789 snipe
Numenius minutus Gould 1841 little curlew
Numenius phaeopus Linnaeus 1758 whimbrel | |
Limicolae indet. shorebird | |
Pluvialis sp. Brisson 1760 lapwing | |
Falco sp. Linnaeus 1758 falcon | |
Podiceps cristatus Linnaeus 1758 great crested grebe
Podiceps grisegena Boddaert 1783 red-necked grebe | |
Passeriformes indet. Linnaeus 1758 perching bird | |
Perisoreus infaustus Linnaeus 1758 Siberian jay | |
Fringilla montifringilla Linnaeus 1758 brambling | |
Anthus sp. Bechstein 1805 perching bird | |
Turdidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 thrush
Turdus sp. Linnaeus 1758 true thrush
Turdus hortulorum Sclater 1863 gray-backed thrush
Turdus iliacus Linnaeus 1758 redwing
Turdus pilaris Linnaeus 1758 fieldfare
Turdus pallidus Gmelin 1789 pale thrush | |
Eremophila alpestris Linnaeus 1759 horned lark | |
"Delichon urbica" = Delichon urbicum Linnaeus 1758 common house-martin
Riparia riparia Linnaeus 1758 bank swallow
Hirundo rustica Linnaeus 1758 barn swallow | |
Anatidae indet., "Anas penelope" = Mareca penelope, "Anas formosa" = Sibirionetta formosa, Mergellus mochanovi n. sp., Anser djuktaiensis n. sp., Anas sp., Anas platyrhynchos, Anas crecca, Clangula hyemalis, Mergus serrator, Aythya fuligula
Anatidae indet. Vigors 1825 waterfowl
"Anas penelope" = Mareca penelope Linnaeus 1758 Eurasian wigeon
"Anas formosa" = Sibirionetta formosa Georgi 1775 Siberian teal
Mergellus mochanovi n. sp. Zelenkov and Kurochkin 2014 waterfowl
Anser djuktaiensis n. sp. Zelenkov and Kurochkin 2014 goose
Anas sp. Linnaeus 1758 dabbling duck
Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus 1758 mallard
Anas crecca Linnaeus 1758 Eurasian teal
Clangula hyemalis Linnaeus 1758 long-tailed duck
Mergus serrator Linnaeus 1758 red-breasted merganser
Aythya fuligula Linnaeus 1758 tufted duck | |
Otis tarda Linnaeus 1758 great bustard | |
"Aquila chrysaetus" = Aquila chrysaetos Linnaeus 1758 golden eagle
Milvus migrans Boddaert 1783 black kite
Buteo buteo Linnaeus 1758 common buzzard | |
Reptilia | |
"Tetrao tetrix" = Lyrurus tetrix Linnaeus 1758 black grouse
Lagopus sp. Brisson 1760 ptarmigan
Lagopus lagopus Linnaeus 1758 willow ptarmigan
"Lagopus mutus" = Lagopus muta Montin 1781 rock ptarmigan |