Sary-Ozek Station: Late/Upper Oligocene, Kazakhstan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Entelodontidae
Neoentelodon dzhungaricus n. gen., n. sp. Aubekerova 1969
synonym of Paraentelodon intermedium
KAN 640/MP-58 - holotype
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Paraceratheriidae
Paraceratherium sp. Forster Cooper 1911
Vertebra was assigned to Paraceratherium prohorovi by Savinov (1963)
see common names

Geography
Country:Kazakhstan
Coordinates: 45.3° North, 78.5° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:46.3° North, 76.4° 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: conglomeratic sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: Sandstones and conglomeratic sandstones
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Saryozek; Sary Ozek
Database number:182747
Authorizer:P. Mannion Enterer:P. Mannion
Modifier:P. Mannion Research group:vertebrate
Created:2016-11-23 07:58:23 Last modified:2016-11-23 08:00:51
Access level:the public Released:2016-11-23 07:58:23
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
60907. S. G. Lucas and R. J. Emry. 1999. Taxonomy and biochronological significance of Paraentelodon, a giant entelodont (Mammalia, Artiodactyla) from the late Oligocene of Eurasia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 19(1):160-168 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]