Altynshokysu (bone bed I) (Oligocene of Kazakhstan)

Also known as Altyn Schokysu; bone bed 1

Where: Aktyubinsk, Kazakhstan (50.3° N, 57.2° E: paleocoordinates 51.0° N, 54.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Aral Formation, Late/Upper Oligocene (28.4 - 23.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; pebbly, gray, blue, sandy siltstone and claystone

• 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).

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collected by A.V. Lopatin, H. de Bruijn, G. Daxner-Höck, T. Bolliger, and D. Kälin in 1993-1994; reposited in the PIN

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 175920: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 19.01.2016

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Taxonomic list

Chondrichthyes
 Lamniformes - Odontaspididae
Odontaspis sp. Agassiz 1838 sand tiger shark
Osteichthyes
 Acipenseriformes - Acipenseridae
Acipenser sp. Linnaeus 1758 sturgeon
Amphibia
 Caudata - Urodela
Cryptobranchidae indet. Cope 1889 hellbender
Mammalia
 Rodentia - Eomyidae
"Eomyodon bolligeri n. sp." = Asianeomys bolligeri4
"Eomyodon bolligeri n. sp." = Asianeomys bolligeri4 Lopatin 2000 rodent
PIN, no. 4516/466 - type (left M 2)
 Rodentia - Castoridae
"Steneofiber kumbulakensis" = Propalaeocastor kumbulakensis
"Steneofiber kumbulakensis" = Propalaeocastor kumbulakensis Lytschev 1970 beaver
PIN 4516/121 and 122
 Rodentia - Zapodidae
Plesiosminthus tereskentensis n. sp.2 Lopatin 1999 jumping mouse
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Eucricetodon occasionalis Lopatin 1996 mouse
PIN no. 4516/47, 49, 492, 494–501
Aralocricetodon schokensis n. gen. n. sp. Bendukidze 1993 mouse
PIN nos. 4516/524–584
Eumyarion sp.5 Thaler 1966 mouse
PIN, no. 4516/502
Eumyarion tremulus n. sp. Lopatin 1996 mouse
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)
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Desmatolagus simplex, "Desmatolagus aff. shargaltensis" = Desmatolagus gobiensis, Desmatolagus periaralicus n. sp.1
Desmatolagus simplex Argyropulo 1940 rabbit
"Desmatolagus aff. shargaltensis" = Desmatolagus gobiensis Matthew and Granger 1923 rabbit
Desmatolagus periaralicus n. sp.1 Lopatin 1998 rabbit
PIN, no. 4516/99 - type; referred material: PIN 4516/100, 129 and 130
 Theriamorpha - Erinaceidae
Erinaceidae indet., "Amphechinus microdus" = Amphechinus minimus3
Erinaceidae indet. Fischer von Waldheim 1817 hedgehog
"Amphechinus microdus" = Amphechinus minimus3 Bohlin 1942 hedgehog
 Theriamorpha - Soricidae
Gobisorex aff. kingae Sulimski 1970 shrew
 Theriamorpha - Talpidae
Myxomygale asiaprima n. sp.5 Lopatin 2004 mole
PIN, no. 4516/48 - type; referred material: PIN, no. 4516/50 and 476
Proscapanus sp. Gaillard 1899 mole
Desmaninae indet. Thomas 1912 mole
 Cetacea -
? Delphinoidea indet. Flower 1865 toothed whale
 Artiodactyla - Palaeomerycidae
Amphitragulus sp. Pomel 1847 ruminant
Actinopteri
 Esociformes - Esocidae
 Perciformes - Percidae
Percidae indet. Cuvier 1816 perch
 Cypriniformes - Cyprinidae
Cyprinidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 carp-like fish