Magian, upper fossilferous horizon: Turolian, Tajikistan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Chalicotheriidae
Forsten and Sharapov 2000
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Chilotherium sp. Ringström 1924
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hipparion garedzicum magianense (see note)
Mammalia - Giraffidae
Samotherium sp. Forsyth Major 1888
= Samotherium irtyshense
Mammalia - Bovidae
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Forsten and Sharapov 2000
Mammalia - Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Forsten and Sharapov 2000
Ictitherium sp. Wagner 1848
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Forsten and Sharapov 2000
Mammalia - Hyracoidea - Pliohyracidae
Forsten and Sharapov 2000
see common names

Geography
Country:Tajikistan State/province:Sor
Coordinates: 39.5° North, 67.6° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:38.2° North, 67.2° 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: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:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2003-08-29 06:14:58
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]