PBDB Collection

Zasuchino (third horizon), Western Transbaikalia (Pleistocene of Russian Federation)

Where: Western Transbaikalia, Russian Federation (51.8° N, 108.5° E: paleocoordinates 51.9° N, 108.5° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Early/Lower Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.8 Ma)

• Post-Villafranchian. This is the third faunistic horizon and is later than the Dodogol fauna. Latest Early Pleistocene (just before Brunhes/Matayama boundary).

Environment/lithology:

• brown sandy layer.

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: M. A. Erbaeva. 1986. The Late Cenozoic Faunistic complexes of Transbaikalia with special reference to the micromammalia. Quatarpalaontologie 6:25-28 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 40266: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 21.06.2004

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
-	Myopus cf. schisticolor Myopus cf. schisticolor
Mammalia
Proboscidea - Elephantidae	Elephantinae indet. Elephantinae indet. Gray 1821 elephant
Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae	Ochotona sp. Ochotona sp. Link 1795 pika
Rodentia - Cricetidae	Alticola sp., Cricetulus sp., "Microtus ex gr. mongolicus" = Microtus, Microtus ex gr. oeconomus, "Pitymys sp." = Microtus, Lasiopodomys cf. brandti, "Clethrionomys sp." = Myodes, Allophaiomys pliocaenicus Alticola sp. Blanford 1881 rodent Cricetulus sp. Milne-Edwards 1867 rodent "Microtus ex gr. mongolicus" = Microtus vole Microtus ex gr. oeconomus Pallas 1776 tundra vole "Pitymys sp." = Microtus Schrank 1798 vole Pitymys ex. gr. hintoni-gregaloides sp. Lasiopodomys cf. brandti vole "Clethrionomys sp." = Myodes Pallas 1811 vole Allophaiomys pliocaenicus Kormos 1932 vole
Rodentia - Castoridae	Castor sp. Castor sp. Linnaeus 1758 beaver
Rodentia - Sciuridae	Marmota cf. sibirica, "Citellus (Urocitellus) undulatus" = Spermophilus Marmota cf. sibirica marmot "Citellus (Urocitellus) undulatus" = Spermophilus ground squirrel
Perissodactyla - Equidae	Equus ex gr. sanmeniensis Equus ex gr. sanmeniensis Teilhard de Chardin and Piveteau 1930 horse
Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae	Rhinocerotidae indet., Coelodonta cf. tologoijensis Rhinocerotidae indet. Gray 1821 rhinoceros Coelodonta cf. tologoijensis Beliajeva 1966 wooly rhino originally entered as "Coelodonta cf. tologoijensis"
Artiodactyla - Bovidae	Bovidae indet., Ovibovini indet., Spirocerus cf. wongi, Bison sp. Bovidae indet. Gray 1821 antelope Ovibovini indet. antelope Spirocerus cf. wongi Teilhard de Chardin and Piveteau 1930 antelope Bison sp. Hamilton-Smith 1827 bison
Artiodactyla - Cervidae	Cervus sp., Megacerini indet., "Alces latifrons" = Cervalces latifrons Cervus sp. Linnaeus 1758 deer Megacerini indet. Viret 1961 deer "Alces latifrons" = Cervalces latifrons Johnson 1874 stag moose
Carnivora - Hyaenidae	Pachycrocuta brevirostris Pachycrocuta brevirostris Gervais 1850 brown hyaena Hyaena brevirostris cf. sinensis
Carnivora - Felidae	Panthera sp., Felis cf. macrotis Panthera sp. Oken 1816 cat Felis cf. macrotis cat Felis sp. cf. macrotis
Carnivora - Canidae	Nyctereutes sp., Xenocyon sp., Canis variabilis Nyctereutes sp. Temminck 1839 raccoon dog Xenocyon sp. Kretzoi 1938 canine Canis variabilis Pei 1934 canine
Carnivora - Ursidae	Ursus sp. Ursus sp. Linnaeus 1758 bear
Carnivora - Mustelidae	Gulo sp. Gulo sp. Storr 1780 wolverine