Kumbulak: Late/Upper Oligocene, Kazakhstan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Castoridae
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Propalaeocastor kumbulakensis
Lytschev 1970
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| IZ, no. M-2020/66-Ag | ||||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Kazakhstan |
| Coordinates: | 46.8° North, 60.6° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 47.6° North, 58.1° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Oligocene |
| Stage: | Chattian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 4 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Oligocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 27.82000 - 23.03000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Aral |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | gray,green,yellow calcareous "shale" |
| Secondary lithology: | claystone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: grayish yellow-green calcareous shale and claystone | |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 176005 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Mannion | Enterer: | P. Mannion | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2016-01-21 06:33:07 | Last modified: | 2016-01-21 06:33:07 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2016-01-21 06:33:07 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 57712. | A. V. Lopatin. 2004. Early Miocene small mammals from the North Aral region (Kazakhstan) with special reference to their biostratigraphic significance. Paleontological Journal 38(S3):S217-S323 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] |