Daraispon: Turolian, Tajikistan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
? Prospalax sp. Mehely 1908
Forsten and Sharapov 2000
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Chalicotheriidae
Forsten and Sharapov 2000
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hipparion garedzicum ssp.
Forsten and Sharapov 2000
Mammalia - Giraffidae
Forsten and Sharapov 2000
Mammalia - Cervidae
Mammalia - Bovidae
Gazella sp. Blaineville 1816
Forsten and Sharapov 2000
Mammalia - Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Ictitherium sp. Wagner 1848
Forsten and Sharapov 2000
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
see common names

Geography
Country:Tajikistan State/province:Daraispon
Coordinates: 38.5° North, 69.5° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:37.2° North, 69.1° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period: Neogene
10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 6
Key time interval: Turolian
Age range of interval: 8.725 - 5.09 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Tavildara
Regional section:Afrghan-Tadzik depression
Stratigraphy comments: Tavildara = late Magian suite. Upper Miocene (MN12), Late Turolian. Strongly carbonised, hard aleurites of dark and light brown colour. The fossiliferous horizon which is 20-30cm thick, lies in the upper part of the section, 40m above the level of the river with an inclination of 3-5 degrees south.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:red or brown siltstone
Secondary lithology: conglomerate
Lithology description: 'Atributed to the Karanak suite that consists of reddish-brown ill-sorted siltstones with conglomeratic layers and lenses.'
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Collection method comments: Site discovered in 1978. There are two different faunal lists (as a result of 2 different excavations), with no overlap except Hipparion, so both have been entered.
Taxonomic list comments:Bovidae or tragelaphinae also present
Metadata
Also known as:Darayaspoon
Database number:34391
Authorizer:A. Turner Enterer:H. O'Regan
Modifier:H. O'Regan Research group:PACED
Created:2003-08-29 06:03:23 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2003-08-29 06:03:23
Creative Commons license:CC0
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:

10946PACED 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]