Kuruksay Valley: Pliocene, Tajikistan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Canis ex gr. etruscus
Forsyth Major 1877
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Geography
| Country: | Tajikistan |
| Coordinates: | 38.0° North, 68.0° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 37.3° North, 67.8° East (Wright 2013) |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Pliocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Pliocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 5.333 - 2.58 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphy comments: Below the Olduvai Subchron in the latest Matuyama Chron. Middle Villafranchian, MN17, Late Pliocene. |
Lithology and environment
| Lithology description: A bone lens in the Kuruksay section. | |
| Environment: | fluvial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 34445 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Turner | Enterer: | H. O'Regan |
| Modifier: | H. O'Regan | Research group: | PACED |
| Created: | 2003-09-01 07:35:12 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2003-09-01 07:35:12 |
| 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] |