Magian, upper fossilferous horizon: Turolian, Tajikistan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Hyracoidea
- Pliohyracidae
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Sogdohyrax magianense
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Forsten and Sharapov 2000 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Chalicotheriidae
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Chalicotherium sp.
Kaup 1833
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Chilotherium sp.
Ringström 1924
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Hipparion garedzicum
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| Hipparion garedzicum magianense (see note) | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Giraffidae
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Samotherium sp.
Forsyth Major 1888
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| = Samotherium irtyshense | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Protoryx tadzhikistanica
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Felidae
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Felidae indet.
Gray 1821
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Forsten and Sharapov 2000 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Hyaenidae
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Hyaena sp.
Brisson 1762
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Ictitherium sp.
Wagner 1848
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Canidae indet.
Fischer de Waldheim 1817
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Geography
| Country: | Tajikistan | State/province: | Sor |
| Coordinates: | 39.5° North, 67.6° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 39.8° North, 67.3° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Turolian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 8.70000 - 5.33300 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Gusar suite | ||||
| Regional section: | Magian | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: In the upper Magian (= Karanak = lowermost Gusar) suite. There are two localities Magian and Pedjikent next to each other. Dated to MN12, Upper Miocene, Late Turolian. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | brown siltstone |
| Secondary lithology: | conglomerate |
| Lithology description: The Magian suite comprises brown siltstones with interbedded conglomerates.' | |
Taphonomy
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
| Collection method comments: the locality was discovered in 1971 and has been excavated several times.
Different species are given in each faunal list, as two teams have been working there. Both faunal lists have been entered. Sotnikova et al. in full, Forsten & Sharapov also listed Ictitherium, Chilotherium, Hipparion garedzicum, and Protoryx tadzhikistanica, so these have not been repeated. | |
| Taxonomic list comments:Hipparion identification follows Zhegallo (1978). Identified by comparison with material from Bazalety (Georgia) which was later reidentified by Vangengeim et al. (1989) as Hipparion sp. | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Sor, upper fossilferous horizon | ||
| Database number: | 34392 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Turner | Enterer: | H. O'Regan |
| Modifier: | H. O'Regan | Research group: | PACED |
| Created: | 2003-08-29 06:14:58 | Last modified: | 2004-06-25 12:32:18 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2003-08-29 06:14:58 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 9043. | PACED | M.V. Sotnikova, A.E. Dodonov, and A.V. Pen'kov. 1997. Upper Cenozoic bio-magnetic stratigraphy of Central Asian mammalian localities. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 133:243-258 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan] |
Secondary references:
| 10946 | PACED | A. Forsten and S. Sharapov. 2000. Fossil equids (Mammalia, Equidae) from the Neogene and Pleistocene of Tadzhikistan. Geodiversitas 22(2):293-314 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan] |