Aral Sea (Oligocene of Kazakhstan)
Where: Kazakhstan (46.6° N, 61.2° E: paleocoordinates 47.4° N, 58.8° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Late/Upper Oligocene (28.4 - 23.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial
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 74900: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 04.09.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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| Aves | |
"Anas oligocaena" = Dendrochen oligocaena
"Anas oligocaena" = Dendrochen oligocaena Tugarinov 1940 stiff-tailed duck | |
| Reptilia | |
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Testudo aralensis turtle | |
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Chelonia aralis green sea turtle | |
| Mammalia | |
"Schaubeumys woodi" = Argyromys aralensis
"Schaubeumys woodi" = Argyromys aralensis Argyropulo 1939 rodent | |
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Palaeocastor sp. Leidy 1869 beaver
Steneofiber sp. Geoffroy 1833 beaver | |
"Eumysodon spurius" = Eumysodon spurius, "Eumysodon orlovi" = Eumysodon spurius, "Aralomys gigas" = Tachyoryctoides
"Eumysodon spurius" = Eumysodon spurius Argyropulo 1939 mouse
"Eumysodon orlovi" = Eumysodon spurius Argyropulo 1939 mouse
"Aralomys gigas" = Tachyoryctoides mouse | |
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Schaubeumys aralensis jumping mouse | |
"Agispelagus simplex" = Desmatolagus simplex
"Agispelagus simplex" = Desmatolagus simplex Argyropulo 1940 rabbit | |
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Aceratherium aralense rhinoceros | |
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Aralotherium prohorvi odd-toed ungulate | |
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? Prodremotherium sp. Filhol 1877 ruminant | |
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? Miomeryx sp. Matthew and Granger 1925 ruminant | |
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Lophiomeryx sp. Pomel 1853 ruminant | |
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Felidae indet. Gray 1821 cat | |
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Palaeoscaptor acridens Matthew and Granger 1924 hedgehog | |