Tsalk (Pliocene of Georgia)
Where: Georgia (41.6° N, 44.0° E: paleocoordinates 41.6° N, 45.6° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)
Environment/lithology: lithified, lenticular, sandy claystone
• Sandy clay; the level at which the bones were found is the site of constant drainage of ground waters.
Size class: mesofossils
Primary reference: A. K. Vekua, D.G. Djigauri, and R.I. Torozov. 1984. Noviye Paleontologicheskiye Nakhodki v Okrestnostiakh Tsalka. Bulletin of the Academy of Science of the Georgian SSR 118(2):373-376 [J. Hunter/D. Ehrenburg/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 39882: authorized by John Hunter, entered by Dina Ehrenburg on 10.06.2004, edited by Hannah O'Regan
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Taxonomic list
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Mammalia | |
Leptobos sp. Rutimeyer 1878 antelope | |
Eucladoceros sp. Falconer 1868 deer
Cervus sp. Linnaeus 1758 deer
"Dama aff. nestii" = Cervus nestii Azzaroli 1947 deer | |
"Equus stenonis" = Allohippus stenonis
"Equus stenonis" = Allohippus stenonis Cocchi 1867 horse | |
Canis aff. etruscus Forsyth Major 1877 canine | |
Mammuthus meridionalis Nesti 1825 mammoth |