Dyuktai Cave (late Pleistocene layers): Late Pleistocene, Russian Federation

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Theropoda - Phasianidae
Lagopus sp. Brisson 1760
Lagopus lagopus (Linnaeus 1758)
Lagopus mutus (Montin 1781)
Tetrao tetrix Linnaeus 1758
Reptilia - Theropoda - Falconidae
Falco sp. Linnaeus 1758
Reptilia - Theropoda - Accipitridae
Milvus migrans (Boddaert 1783)
Aquila chrysaetus (Linnaeus 1758)
Buteo buteo (Linnaeus 1758)
Reptilia - Theropoda - Scolopacidae
Scolopacidae indet. Rafinesque 1815
Phalaropus lobatus (Linnaeus 1758)
Gallinago sp. Brisson 1760
Gallinago gallinago (Linnaeus 1758)
Gallinago megala Swinhoe 1861
Gallinago stenura (Bonaparte 1831)
Tringa sp. Linnaeus 1758
Tringa ochropus Linnaeus 1758
Tringa glareola Linnaeus 1758
Tringa nebularia (Gunnerus 1767)
Calidris sp. Gmelin 1789
Numenius minutus Gould 1841
Numenius phaeopus (Linnaeus 1758)
Reptilia - Theropoda
Limicolae indet.
Reptilia - Theropoda - Charadriidae
Pluvialis sp. Brisson 1760
Reptilia - Theropoda - Laridae
Larus ridibundus Linnaeus 1758
Reptilia - Theropoda - Otididae
Otis tarda Linnaeus 1758
Reptilia - Theropoda - Anatidae
Anatidae indet. Vigors 1825
Mergus serrator Linnaeus 1758
Clangula hyemalis (Linnaeus 1758)
Aythya fuligula (Linnaeus 1758)
Anas sp. Linnaeus 1758
Anas crecca Linnaeus 1758
Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus 1758
Anser informal n. sp. Linnaeus 1758
    = Anser djuktaiensis n. sp. Zelenkov and Kurochkin 2014
Zelenkov and Kurochkin 2014
Anas formosa Georgi 1775
Mergellus informal n. sp. Selby 1840
    = Mergellus mochanovi n. sp. Zelenkov and Kurochkin 2014
Zelenkov and Kurochkin 2014
Anas penelope Linnaeus 1758
Reptilia - Theropoda - Podicipedidae
Podiceps grisegena (Boddaert 1783)
Podiceps cristatus (Linnaeus 1758)
Reptilia - Theropoda
Passeriformes indet. Linnaeus 1758
Reptilia - Theropoda - Fringillidae
Fringilla montifringilla Linnaeus 1758
Reptilia - Theropoda - Turdidae
Turdidae indet. Rafinesque 1815
Turdus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Turdus pallidus Gmelin 1789
Turdus hortulorum Sclater 1863
Turdus iliacus Linnaeus 1758
Turdus pilaris Linnaeus 1758
Reptilia - Theropoda - Alaudidae
Eremophila alpestris (Linnaeus 1759)
Reptilia - Theropoda - Corvidae
Perisoreus infaustus (Linnaeus 1758)
Reptilia - Theropoda - Motacillidae
Anthus sp. Bechstein 1805
Reptilia - Theropoda - Hirundinidae
Hirundo rustica Linnaeus 1758
Riparia riparia (Linnaeus 1758)
Delichon urbica (Linnaeus 1758)
see common names

Geography
Country:Russian Federation
Coordinates: 59.3° North, 132.6° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:59.3° North, 132.6° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Quaternary Epoch: Pleistocene
Stage: Late Pleistocene 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 6
Key time interval: Late Pleistocene
Age range of interval: 0.129 - 0.0117 m.y. ago
Age estimate: 16 to 12 Ka (unknown)
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "siliciclastic"
Environment:cave
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,anthropogenic
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:194811
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2018-06-29 23:37:09 Last modified:2018-06-29 23:37:09
Access level:the public Released:2018-06-29 23:37:09
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
66210. N. V. Zelenkov, E. N. Kurochkin, A. A. Karhu and P. Ballmann. 2008. Birds of the Late Pleistocene and Holocene from the Palaeolithic Djuktai cave site of Yakutia, eastern Siberia. Oryctos 7:217-226 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]

Secondary references:

66211 N. V. Zelenkov and E. N. Kurochkin. 2014. Two new waterfowl species (Aves: Anseriformes) from the Upper Pleistocene of Yakutia: the first extinct species of Quaternary birds from Russia. Paleontological Journal 48:645-654 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]