Where: Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan (43.9° N, 79.3° E: paleocoordinates 44.1° N, 79.1° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Ili Formation, Late/Upper Pliocene (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: ferruginous, gray, sandy claystone and gray siltstone
Size class: mesofossils
Collection methods: bulk,
• "greater than 400 specimens" reported for rodents and lagomorphs
Primary reference: L. A. Tyut'kova. 1989. A new species of spalacides (Rodentia) from the later Pliocene of southeastern Kazakhstan. Paleontological Journal 23(2):110-114 [W. Clyde/J. Finarelli/W. Clyde]more details
PaleoDB collection 11796: authorized by Will Clyde, entered by John Finarelli on 10.09.2001
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Mammalia | |
Hystricidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 porcupine | |
Ellobius (Ellobius) tsharynensis n. sp. mole-vole
Villanyia petenyi vole | |
Leporinae indet. Trouessart 1880 rabbit | |
Proochotona sp. Chomenko 1914 pika |