Akespe: Late/Upper Oligocene, Kazakhstan
collected by N.S. Shevyreva 1968
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Paraceratheriidae
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Paraceratherium sp.
Forster Cooper 1911
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Lucas et al. 1998 | |||||||||
Paraceratherium prohorovi
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Lucas et al. 1998 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Aprotodon borissiaki
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Lucas et al. 1998 | |||||||||
Protaceratherium sp.
(Abel 1910)
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Lucas et al. 1998 | |||||||||
Aceratherium aralense
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Lucas et al. 1998 | |||||||||
Gigantamynodon akespensis n. sp.
Bayshashov 1993
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Lucas and Emry 1996 | |||||||||
nomen dubium belonging to Rhinocerotidae | ||||||||||
KAN PK 11/6 - type | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Eggysodontidae
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Eggysodon sp.
Roman 1910
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Lucas et al. 1998 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Lophiomerycidae
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Lophiomeryx sp.
Pomel 1853
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Lucas et al. 1998 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Archaeomerycidae
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Miomeryx sp.
Matthew and Granger 1925
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Lucas et al. 1998 | |||||||||
Mammalia
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Prodremotherium sp.
Filhol 1877
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Lucas et al. 1998 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Palaeomerycidae
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Amphitragulus sp.
Pomel 1847
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Lucas et al. 1998 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Moschidae
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Micromeryx sp.
Lartet 1851
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Lucas et al. 1998 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Erinaceidae
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Amphechinus sp.
Aymard 1850
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Lopatin 2004 | |||||||||
PIN, no. 210/265 and 737 | ||||||||||
Amphechinus minimus
Bohlin 1942
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Lucas et al. 1998 | |||||||||
Amphechinus akespensis n. sp.
Lopatin 1999
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Lopatin 1999 | |||||||||
PIN, no. 210/735 - type; referred material: PIN, no. 210/736 and 210/774 | ||||||||||
Palaeoscaptor acridens
Matthew and Granger 1924
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Lucas et al. 1998 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Argyromys woodi n. sp.
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Lucas et al. 1998 | |||||||||
PIN no. 210/262 (type), 765 and 766 | ||||||||||
Argyromys aralensis n. sp.
Argyropulo 1939
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Lucas et al. 1998 | |||||||||
PIN, no. 210/261 - type | ||||||||||
Protalactaga borissiaki n. sp.
Argyropulo 1939
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Lucas et al. 1998 | |||||||||
synonym of Argyromys aralensis | ||||||||||
PIN no. 210/260 - type | ||||||||||
Eucricetodon aff. asiaticus
(Matthew and Granger 1923)
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Lucas et al. 1998 | |||||||||
Eucricetodon aff. caducus
(Shevyreva 1967)
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Lucas et al. 1998 | |||||||||
original and current combination Cricetops caducus | ||||||||||
Eumyarion tremulus
Lopatin 1996
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Lopatin 2004 | |||||||||
PIN, no. 210/764 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Muridae
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Tachyoryctoides obrutschewi
Bohlin 1937
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Lucas et al. 1998 | |||||||||
Aralomys gigas n. sp.
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Lucas 1996 | |||||||||
synonym of Tachyoryctoides | ||||||||||
PIN, no. 210/263 - type; referred specimen: PIN, no. 210/772 | ||||||||||
Eumysodon spurius n. gen., n. sp.
Argyropulo 1939
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Lucas et al. 1998 | |||||||||
PIN, no. 210/264 - type | ||||||||||
Eumysodon orlovi n. sp.
Argyropulio 1939
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Lucas et al. 1998 | |||||||||
synonym of Eumysodon spurius | ||||||||||
PIN no. 210/264a - type | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Castoridae
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Steneofiber sp.
Geoffroy 1833
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Lucas et al. 1998 | |||||||||
Steneofiber kumbulakensis
(Lytschev 1970)
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Lucas et al. 1998 | |||||||||
original and current combination Propalaeocastor kumbulakensis | ||||||||||
PIN no. 210/767-769 | ||||||||||
Capatanka schokensis
Bendukidze 1993
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Lucas et al. 1998 | |||||||||
recombined as Propalaeocastor schokensis | ||||||||||
Agnotocastor sp.
Stirton 1935
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Lucas et al. 1998 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Ochotonidae
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Sinolagomys pachygnathus
Li and Qiu 1980
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Lopatin 1998 | |||||||||
PIN, no. 210/773 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Leporidae
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Desmatolagus aff. schargaltensis
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Lucas et al. 1998 | |||||||||
Agispelagus simplex n. gen., n. sp.
Argyropulo 1940
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Lopatin 1998 | |||||||||
recombined as Desmatolagus simplex | ||||||||||
PIN, no. 210/609 - type | ||||||||||
Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Urodela
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Mioproteus sp.
Estes and Darevsky 1978
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Vasilyan et al. 2017 | |||||||||
GNM, GIN | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Kazakhstan |
Coordinates: | 46.8° North, 60.6° East (view map) |
Paleocoordinates: | 47.6° North, 58.1° 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: | Aral | ||||
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: late Oligocene |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | gray,green,yellow calcareous "shale" |
Secondary lithology: | claystone |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: grayish yellow-green calcareous shale and claystone | |
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
Collectors: | N.S. Shevyreva | Collection dates: | 1968 |
Metadata
Also known as: | Agyspe; Kumbulak Cliffs | ||
Database number: | 64413 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Uhen, E. Vlachos, P. Mannion | Enterer: | M. Uhen, P. Mannion, E. Vlachos |
Modifier: | P. Mannion | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2006-09-08 07:15:12 | Last modified: | 2016-01-20 10:37:04 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-09-08 07:15:12 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
57669. | A. V. Lopatin. 1996. The Stratigraphy and Small Mammals from the Aral Formation, the Altynshokysu Locality, Northern Aral Area. Stratigraphy and Geological Correlation 4(2):65-79 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] |
Secondary references:
57695 | A. V. Lopatin. 1998. A Revision of the Early Miocene Lagomorpha (Mammalia) from the North Aral Region. Paleontological Journal 32(3):291-304 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] | |
24211 | A. V. Lopatin. 1999. Oligocene and Early Miocene Insectivores (Mammalia) from Western Kazakhstan. Paleontological Journal 33(2):182-191 [L. van den Hoek Ostende/L. van den Hoek Ostende/P. Mannion] | |
57712 | A. V. Lopatin. 2004. Early Miocene small mammals from the North Aral region (Kazakhstan) with special reference to their biostratigraphic significance. Paleontological Journal 38(S3):S217-S323 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] | |
57112 | S. G. Lucas. 1996. Fossil mammals and the age of the Changxindian Formation, Northeastern China. Palaeo Vertebrata 25(2-4):133-140 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/P. Mannion] | |
58493 | S. G. Lucas and R. J. Emry. 1996. Biochronological significance of Amynodontidae (Mammalia, Perissodactyla) from the Paleogene of Kazakhstan. Journal of Paleontology 70(4):691-696 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] | |
18566 | S. G. Lucas, E. G. Kordikova, and R. J. Emry. 1998. Oligocene stratigraphy, sequence stratigraphy, and mammalian biochronology north of the Aral Sea, Western Kazakstan. Bulletin of the Carnegie Museum of Natural History 34:313-348 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
62113 | D. Vasilyan, V. S. Zazhigin, and M. Bohme. 2017. Neogene amphibians and reptiles (Caudata, Anura, Gekkota, Lacertilia, and Testudines) from the south of Western Siberia, Russia, and Northeastern Kazakhstan. PeerJ [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos] |