Altynshokysu (bone bed I): Late Oligocene, Kazakhstan
collected by A.V. Lopatin, H. de Bruijn, G. Daxner-Höck, T. Bolliger, and D. Kälin 1993-1994

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Actinopteri - Cypriniformes - Cyprinidae
Cyprinidae indet. Rafinesque 1815
Actinopteri - Perciformes - Percidae
Percidae indet. Cuvier 1816
Actinopteri - Esociformes - Esocidae
Acipenseriformes - Acipenseridae
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Urodela
Mammalia - Rodentia - Zapodidae
Lopatin 1999
PIN, no. 4516/479 - type (right M2); referred specimens: PIN 4516/375, 405, 444, 447, 460-462, 465, 469, 471-473, 4801, 481, 484 and 485
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
PIN no. 4516/47, 49, 492, 494–501
Eumyarion sp. Thaler 1966
Lopatin 2004
PIN, no. 4516/502
PIN, no. 4516/70 - type; referred material: 36 M1 (PIN, nos. 4516/60, 408–441, 468), 15 M2 (nos. 4616/46, 340–344, 347, 348, 350–356), seven M3 (nos. 4516/389–395), 31 M1 (nos. 4516/357–366, 368–374, 376–380, 382–388, 403, 404), 30 M2 (nos. 4516/15, 51–59, 71–79, 277–287), and 18 M3 (nos. 4516/61, 62, 87–96, 395–401)
Aralocricetodon schokensis n. gen., n. sp. Bendukidze 1993
PIN nos. 4516/524–584
Mammalia - Rodentia - Eomyidae
Lopatin 2000
PIN, no. 4516/466 - type (left M 2)
Mammalia - Rodentia - Castoridae
PIN 4516/121 and 122
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Lopatin 1998
PIN, no. 4516/99 - type; referred material: PIN 4516/100, 129 and 130
Desmatolagus simplex (Argyropulo 1940)
Mammalia - Soricidae
Mammalia - Talpidae
Desmaninae indet. Thomas 1912
Lopatin 2004
PIN, no. 4516/48 - type; referred material: PIN, no. 4516/50 and 476
Mammalia - Erinaceidae
Erinaceidae indet. Fischer von Waldheim 1817
Lopatin 1999
PIN, no. 4516/66, 116, 467, 474 and 475
Mammalia - Cetacea
Mammalia - Palaeomerycidae
Amphitragulus sp. Pomel 1847
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Odontaspididae
see common names

Geography
Country:Kazakhstan State/province:Aktyubinsk
Coordinates: 50.3° North, 57.2° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:45.6° North, 56.3° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period: Paleogene Epoch: Oligocene
Stage: Chattian 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 4
Key time interval: Late Oligocene
Age range of interval: 27.3 - 23.04 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Aral
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:pebbly,gray,blue sandy siltstone
Secondary lithology: claystone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: Clayey silts, light bluish gray, sand-rich in an upper portion enclosing the bone-bearing lenses and intercalations. The main bone-bearing level is at the top of the bed. Fragments of bones are usually mixed with small pebbles and gravels (1 m).
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:PIN
Collectors:A.V. Lopatin, H. de Bruijn, G. Daxner-Höck, T. Bolliger, and D. Kälin Collection dates:1993-1994
Metadata
Also known as:Altyn Schokysu; bone bed 1
Database number:175920
Authorizer:P. Mannion Enterer:P. Mannion
Modifier:P. Mannion Research group:vertebrate
Created:2016-01-19 09:49:01 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2016-01-19 09:49:01
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
57669. A. V. Lopatin. 1996. The Stratigraphy and Small Mammals from the Aral Formation, the Altynshokysu Locality, Northern Aral Area. Stratigraphy and Geological Correlation 4(2):65-79 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]

Secondary references:

57695 A. V. Lopatin. 1998. A Revision of the Early Miocene Lagomorpha (Mammalia) from the North Aral Region. Paleontological Journal 32(3):291-304 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
2275 A. V. Lopatin. 1999. New Early Miocene Zapodidae (Rodentia, Mammalia) from the Aral Formation of the Altynshokysu Locality (North Aral Region). Paleontological Journal 33(4):429-438 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/P. Mannion]
24211 A. V. Lopatin. 1999. Oligocene and Early Miocene Insectivores (Mammalia) from Western Kazakhstan. Paleontological Journal 33(2):182-191 [L. van den Hoek Ostende/L. van den Hoek Ostende/P. Mannion]
99755% 160A. V. Lopatin. 2000. New early Miocene Aplodontidae and Eomyidae (Rodentia, Mammalia) from the Aral Formation of the Altynshokysu Locality (North Aral Region). Paleontological Journal 34(2):198-202 [X. Wang/X. Wang/P. Mannion]
57712 A. V. Lopatin. 2004. Early Miocene small mammals from the North Aral region (Kazakhstan) with special reference to their biostratigraphic significance. Paleontological Journal 38(S3):S217-S323 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]