Lake Chelkar-Teniz (Oligocene of Kazakhstan)

Also known as Myn-Say, Kur-Say, Ak-Say; Shalkarteniz

Where: Aktyubinskaya, Kazakhstan (48.7° N, 60.0° E: paleocoordinates 49.4° N, 57.5° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

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

• Indricotherium layers

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: E. I. Belyaeva. 1948. Catalogue of Tertiary Fossil Sites of the Land Mammals in the U.S.S.R. [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 73994: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 16.07.2007, edited by Philip Mannion and Evangelos Vlachos

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Placentalia -
Carnivora indet. Bowdich 1821 carnivoran
 Perissodactyla - Chalicotheriidae
"Schizotherium turgaicum" = Macrotherium turgaicum
"Schizotherium turgaicum" = Macrotherium turgaicum Borissiak 1921 chalicothere
 Perissodactyla - Tapiridae
Colodon orientalis n. sp. Borissyak 1918 tapir
PIN 1442-49 - type
 Perissodactyla - Eggysodontidae
"Epiaceratherium turgaicum n. gen. n. sp." = Allacerops turgaica5
"Epiaceratherium turgaicum n. gen. n. sp." = Allacerops turgaica5 Borissiak 1915 odd-toed ungulate
PIN 1401-138
 Perissodactyla -
Ergilia kazachstanica1 Gromov 1960 odd-toed ungulate
 Perissodactyla - Amynodontidae
Cadurcodon cf. kazakademius4 Biryukov 1961 odd-toed ungulate
PIN 478-393
 Rodentia - Castoridae
 Rodentia - Aplodontidae
Prosciurus sp. Matthew 1903 mountain beaver
 Rodentia - Bathyergidae
Tsaganomys sp. Matthew and Granger 1923 mole rat
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Aves
 Phoenicopteriformes -
"Cygnopterus lambrechti n. sp." = Agnopterus turgaiensis3
"Cygnopterus lambrechti n. sp." = Agnopterus turgaiensis3 Turgarinov 1940 flamingo
 Gruiformes - Rallidae
Megagallinula harundinea n. gen. n. sp.3
Megagallinula harundinea n. gen. n. sp.3 Kurochkin 1968 rail
 Anseriformes - Anatidae
Cygnavus formosus n. sp.3 Kurochkin 1968 goose
 Suliformes - Phalacrocoracidae
Limicorallus saiensis n. gen. n. sp.3
Limicorallus saiensis n. gen. n. sp.3 Kurochkin 1968 cormorant
Reptilia
 Testudines -
Trionyx tshelkarensis n. sp.2 Chkhikvadze 1973 turtle