Pedjikent: Turolian, Tajikistan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Hipparion sp.
de Christol 1832
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Chilotherium sp.
Ringström 1924
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Sinotherium sp.
Ringstrom 1924
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? Brachypotherium sp.
Roger 1904
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Gomphotheriidae
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Platybelodon sp.
Borissiak 1928
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Geography
| Country: | Tajikistan |
| 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: | Magian suite | ||||
| Regional section: | Pendzhikent | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: In the Magian (= Tavildara and Karanak) suite (near the site of Magian = Sor). Late Turolian, (MN12), Upper Miocene. 11Ma (according to Forsten and Sharapov). | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | brown siltstone |
| Secondary lithology: | conglomerate |
| Lithology description: 'The Magian suite comprises brown siltstones with interbedded conglomerates.' 'from the bottom up, layers of grey conglomerates, pale brown aleurites and thin layers of sands.' total thickness of approximately 50m. | |
| Geology comments: Probably of volcanic origin. | |
Taphonomy
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
| Collection method comments: locality destroyed by blasting during canal building. | |
| Taxonomic list comments:The two different faunal lists conflict, as they were collected by separate groups, so both have been entered.
50% of finds belong to rhinocerotids. Forsten and Sharapov also list Hipparion sp. and eggshells of a large bird ?Ostrich. | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Marmar | ||
| Database number: | 34393 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Turner | Enterer: | H. O'Regan |
| Modifier: | H. O'Regan | Research group: | PACED |
| Created: | 2003-08-29 06:31:55 | Last modified: | 2004-06-25 12:20:08 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2003-08-29 06:31:55 |
| 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] |