Novyi Podorozhnik: Early/Lower Oligocene, Kazakhstan
collected by Joint Kazakhstan-American Paleontological Expedition 1993-1994

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Desmatolagus sp. Matthew and Granger 1923
Lopatin and Averianov 2006
Originally included within Zaissanolagus gromovi
Gobiolagus sp. Burke 1941
Zaissanolagus gromovi n. gen., n. sp. Erbajeva 1999
recombined as Gobiolagus gromovi
IZK 35(15)816 - type (previously referred to as Procaprolagus cf. vetustus)
Gobiolagus cf. major Burke 1941
Mammalia - Rodentia - Castoridae
Propalaeocastor aff. shevyrevae Lytshev and Shevyreva 1994
Wu et al. 2004
Described as ‘‘Steneofiber cf. S. butselensis’’ by Emry et al., 1998
Mammalia - Talpidae
Myxomygale sp. Filhol 1890
Lopatin 2002
see common names

Geography
Country:Kazakhstan State/province:Aktyubinskaya
Coordinates: 48.0° North, 84.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:49.2° North, 81.0° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Oligocene
Stage:Rupelian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 4
Key time interval:Early/Lower Oligocene
Age range of interval:33.90000 - 27.82000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Burun
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collectors:Joint Kazakhstan-American Paleontological Expedition Collection dates:1993-1994
Metadata
Also known as:Zaisan Depression
Database number:174743
Authorizer:P. Mannion Enterer:P. Mannion
Modifier:P. Mannion Research group:vertebrate
Created:2015-11-26 10:31:18 Last modified:2015-11-27 06:34:31
Access level:the public Released:2015-11-26 10:31:18
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

57108. M. A. Erbajeva. 1999. Paleogene hares (Leporidae, Lagomorpha) from the Zaisan Depression, Eastern Kazakhstan. Paleontological Journal 33(5):557-560 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]

Secondary references:

57120 A. V. Lopatin. 2002. An Oligocene Mole (Talpidae, Insectivora, Mammalia) from Mongolia. Paleontological Journal 36(5):531-534 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
57106 A. V. Lopatin and A. O. Averianov. 2006. Eocene Lagomorpha (Mammalia) of Asia: 2. Strenulagus and Gobiolagus (Strenulagidae). Paleontological Journal 40(2):198-206 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
57197 W. Wu, J. Meng, J. Ye and X. Ni. 2004. Propalaeocastor (Rodentia, Mammalia) from the Early Oligocene of Burqin Basin, Xinjiang. American Museum Novitates 3461:1-16 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]