Also known as Akotau
Where: Kazakhstan (47.4° N, 60.9° E: paleocoordinates 48.2° N, 58.4° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Aral Formation, Chattian (28.1 - 23.0 Ma)
• late Oligocene
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; green, yellow, calcareous shale and claystone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Primary reference: S. G. Lucas, E. G. Kordikova, and R. J. Emry. 1998. Oligocene stratigraphy, sequence stratigraphy, and mammalian biochronology north of the Aral Sea, Western Kazakstan. Bulletin of the Carnegie Museum of Natural History 34:313-348 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 64412: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 08.09.2006, edited by Matthew Carrano, Philip Mannion and Patricia Holroyd
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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| Mammalia | |
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Lanthanotherium sp. Filhol 1888 hedgehog | |
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Gobisorex aff. kingae Sulimski 1970 shrew | |
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Yindirtemys sajakensis Bendukidze 1993 gundi
Yindirtemys birgeri Bendukidze 1993 gundi | |
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Eucricetodon sajakensis rodent
Eucricetodon aff. caducus Shevyreva 1967 rodent | |
Capacikala aff. sajakensis, "Capacikala cf. sciuroides" = Palaeocastor nebrascensis, "Capatanka schokensis" = Propalaeocastor schokensis, Asiacastor aff. orientalis
Capacikala aff. sajakensis Bendukidze 1993 beaver
"Capacikala cf. sciuroides" = Palaeocastor nebrascensis Leidy 1856 beaver
"Capatanka schokensis" = Propalaeocastor schokensis Bendukidze 1993 beaver
Asiacastor aff. orientalis beaver | |
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Tachyoryctoides gigas mouse
Tachyoryctoides sp. Bohlin 1937 mouse
Tachyoryctoides aff. obrutschewi Bohlin 1937 mouse | |
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