A9, south flank of Orto Say: Late/Upper Oligocene, Kazakhstan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Paraceratheriidae
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Paraceratherium zhajremensis
Bayshashov 1988
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| synonym of Paraceratherium lepidum | ||||||||||
| KAN 2/632 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Kazakhstan |
| Coordinates: | 44.3° North, 78.4° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 45.3° North, 76.3° 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: | Aktau | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Lower part of Aktau Formation | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Aktau Mountain; Akotau; Ili Depression | ||
| Database number: | 182628 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Mannion | Enterer: | P. Mannion |
| Modifier: | P. Mannion | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2016-11-15 09:51:55 | Last modified: | 2016-11-15 09:54:15 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2016-11-15 09:51:55 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 60824. | S. G. Lucas and B. U. Bayshashov. 1996. The giant rhinoceros Paraceratherium from the late Oligocene at Aktau Mountain, southeastern Kazakhstan, and its biochronological significance. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Monatshefte 1996(H9):539-548 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] |