Pawlodar City, right side of Irtysch River (Pliocene of Russian Federation)

Also known as Pavlodar

Where: West-Siberia, Russian Federation (52.3° N, 76.9° E: paleocoordinates 52.5° N, 76.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)

• Time: Lower Pliocene

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; argillaceous, sandy mudstone

• ...a flat loamy, sandy lense, in an outcrop 6-8 m below the surface, with an extention of about 80 meters...

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: bulk,

Primary reference: J. A. Orlov. 1930. Neue Funde fossiler Säugetiere in Sibirien (New fossil Mammals from Sibiria). Trudy geologiceskogo museja akademii nauk SSSR 7:159-166 [J. Alroy/S. Kuemmell/S. Kuemmell]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 44866: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Susanna Kümmell on 18.09.2004, edited by Mark Uhen

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Antelopinae indet., Mares sp.1, Alicephalus sp.1, Tragoceras ? amaltheus1, Sushkinia pliocaena1
Antelopinae indet.
[entered as Antilopinae indet.]
Aves
 Struthioniformes - Struthionidae
Struthio chersonensis1
Struthio chersonensis1 Brant 1873 ostrich
Reptilia
 Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionychidae indet.1
Trionychidae indet.1 Gray 1825 softshell turtle
Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Mammutidae
"Mastodon sp." = Mammut1
"Mastodon sp." = Mammut1 Blumenbach 1799 mastodon
 Carnivora -
Semantor macrurus n. gen. n. sp.2
Semantor macrurus n. gen. n. sp.2 Orlov 1932 carnivoran
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
Parataxidea crassa1
Parataxidea crassa1 mustelid carnivore
 Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Ictitherium hipparionum1, Ictitherium robustum1, Crocuta eximia1
Crocuta eximia1 spotted hyaena
 Carnivora - Felidae
Machairodus irtyschensis n. sp.3
Machairodus irtyschensis n. sp.3 Orlov 1936 cat
Holotype (No. 2413/115)
 Artiodactyla - Giraffidae
Giraffidae indet., Samotherium sp.1, Sivatherium sp.1, Palaeotragus sp.1
Giraffidae indet. Gray 1821 giraffe
Samotherium sp.1 Forsyth Major 1888 giraffe
Sivatherium sp.1 Falconer and Cautley 1836 giraffe
Palaeotragus sp.1 Gaudry 1861 giraffe
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Gazella deperdita1
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Cervidae indet., "Procervus sp." = Cervavitus1
Cervidae indet. Gray 1821 deer
"Procervus sp." = Cervavitus1 Chomenko 1913 deer
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hipparion sp.
Hipparion sp. de Christol 1832 hipparionine horse
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Chilotherium sp., Sinotherium sp.1
Chilotherium sp. Ringström 1924 rhinoceros
Sinotherium sp.1 Ringstrom 1924 rhinoceros
1Belyaeva 1948; 2Orlov 1932; 3Orlov 1936