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
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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Actinopteri | |
Cyprinidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 carp-like fish | |
Esox aralensis pike | |
Percidae indet. Cuvier 1816 perch | |
Mammalia | |
? Delphinoidea indet. Flower 1865 toothed whale | |
Amphitragulus sp. Pomel 1847 ruminant | |
Desmaninae indet. Thomas 1912 mole
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 | |
Gobisorex aff. kingae Sulimski 1970 shrew | |
Erinaceidae indet. Fischer von Waldheim 1817 hedgehog | |
Aralocricetodon schokensis n. gen. n. sp., Eucricetodon occasionalis, Eumyarion sp.5, Eumyarion tremulus n. sp.
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)
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Plesiosminthus tereskentensis n. sp.2
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"Eomyodon bolligeri n. sp." = Asianeomys bolligeri4
"Eomyodon bolligeri n. sp." = Asianeomys bolligeri4 Lopatin 2000 rodent PIN, no. 4516/466 - type (left M 2)
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"Steneofiber kumbulakensis" = Propalaeocastor kumbulakensis
"Steneofiber kumbulakensis" = Propalaeocastor kumbulakensis Lytschev 1970 beaver PIN 4516/121 and 122
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"Desmatolagus aff. shargaltensis" = Desmatolagus gobiensis, Desmatolagus periaralicus n. sp.1, Desmatolagus simplex
"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
Desmatolagus simplex Argyropulo 1940 rabbit | |
Amphibia | |
Cryptobranchidae indet. Cope 1889 hellbender | |
Osteichthyes | |
Acipenser sp. Linnaeus 1758 sturgeon | |
Chondrichthyes | |
Odontaspis sp. Agassiz 1838 sand tiger shark |