Lake Chelkar-Teniz: Late/Upper Oligocene, Kazakhstan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Suliformes - Phalacrocoracidae
Limicorallus saiensis n. gen., n. sp. Kurochkin 1968
Kurochkin 1968
Reptilia - Gruiformes - Rallidae
Megagallinula harundinea n. gen., n. sp. Kurochkin 1968
Kurochkin 1968
Reptilia - Anseriformes - Anatidae
Cygnavus formosus n. sp. Kurochkin 1968
Kurochkin 1968
Reptilia - Phoenicopteriformes
Cygnopterus lambrechti n. sp. Kurochkin 1968
Kurochkin 1968
synonym of Agnopterus turgaiensis
Reptilia - Testudines
Trionyx tshelkarensis n. sp. Chkhikvadze 1973
Chkhikvadze 1973
nomen nudum belonging to Testudines
Mammalia - Carnivora
Carnivora indet. Bowdich 1821
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Chalicotheriidae
Schizotherium turgaicum Borissiak 1921
recombined as Macrotherium turgaicum
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Amynodontidae
Cadurcodon cf. kazakademius Biryukov 1961
Lucas and Emry 1996
PIN 478-393
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Eggysodontidae
Epiaceratherium turgaicum n. gen., n. sp. (Borissiak 1915)
Reshetov et al. 1993
PIN 1401-138
Mammalia - Perissodactyla
Ergilia kazachstanica Gromov 1960
Bayshashov and Billia 2011
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Tapiridae
Colodon orientalis n. sp. Borissyak 1918
PIN 1442-49 - type
Mammalia - Rodentia - Aplodontidae
Prosciurus sp. (Matthew 1903)
original and current combination Sciurus (Prosciurus)
Mammalia - Rodentia - Castoridae
Palaeocastor aff. nebrascensis (Leidy 1856)
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Cricetops affinis
Mammalia - Rodentia - Bathyergidae
Tsaganomys sp. Matthew and Granger 1923
see common names

Geography
Country:Kazakhstan State/province:Aktyubinskaya
Coordinates: 48.7° North, 60.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:49.4° North, 57.5° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Oligocene
Stage:Chattian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 4
Key time interval:Late/Upper Oligocene
Age range of interval:28.40000 - 23.03000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Indricotherium layers
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Myn-Say, Kur-Say, Ak-Say; Shalkarteniz
Database number:73994
Authorizer:M. Uhen, P. Mannion, E. Vlachos Enterer:M. Uhen, P. Mannion, E. Vlachos
Modifier:P. Mannion Research group:vertebrate
Created:2007-07-16 10:14:18 Last modified:2016-07-20 07:08:19
Access level:the public Released:2007-07-16 10:14:18
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

24838. E. I. Belyaeva. 1948. Catalogue of Tertiary Fossil Sites of the Land Mammals in the U.S.S.R. [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

59895 B. U. Bayshashov and E. M. E. Billia. 2011. Records of Tapiroidea Gray, 1825 (Mammalia, Perissodactyla) from Kazakhstan – An overview. Acta Palaeontologica Romaniae 74:1-7 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
64259 V. M. Chkhikvadze. 1973. [Tertiary Turtles of the Zaisan Depression]. 1-100 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]
74461 Y. Kurochkin. 1968. New Oligocene birds from Kazakhstan. Paleontologicheski Zhurnal 92(101) [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
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]
83995% 14740V. Reshetov, N. Spassov, and B. Baishashov. 1993. Tenisia gen. nov.: taxonomic revaluation of the asian Oligocene rhinocerotoid Eggysodon turgacum (Borissiak, 1915) (Mammalia, Perissodactlya, Hyracodontidae). Géobios 26(6):715-722 [J. Alroy/E. Leckey/P. Mannion]
74422 T. H. Worthy. 2011. Descriptions and phylogenetic relationships of a new genus and two new species of Oligo-Miocene cormorants (Aves: Phalacrocoracidae) from Australia. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 163:277-314 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]