Altyn Chokysu, Chilikta Formation: Rupelian, Kazakhstan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Sirenia - Sirenia
Sirenia indet. Illiger 1811
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Paraceratheriidae
Paraceratherium sp. Forster Cooper 1911
Lucas and Emry 1996
USNM 482243
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Carchariidae
Carcharias sp. Rafinesque 1810
Lucas and Emry 1996
see common names

Geography
Country:Kazakhstan
Coordinates: 47.3° North, 61.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:48.0° North, 57.6° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Oligocene
Stage:Rupelian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 4
Key time interval:Rupelian
Age range of interval:33.90000 - 27.82000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Chilikta
Stratigraphy comments: early Oligocene
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "shale"
Secondary lithology: sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:64415
Authorizer:M. Uhen, P. Mannion Enterer:M. Uhen, P. Mannion
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2006-09-08 07:22:20 Last modified:2006-09-08 10:23:08
Access level:the public Released:2006-09-08 07:22:20
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
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]

Secondary references:

59863 S. G. Lucas and R. J. Emry. 1996. Early record of indricothere (Mammalia, Perissodactyla, Hyracodontidae) from the Aral Sea region of western Kazakhstan. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 109(2):391-396 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]