Kiikbai (Pliocene of Kazakhstan)

Where: Kazakhstan (44.0° N, 77.0° E: paleocoordinates 44.2° N, 76.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)

• Late Pliocene, Middle Villafranchian, MN17. Ilian suite.

Environment/lithology:

• 'Motley coloured clays with interbedding of sandstones and marls.'

Size class: mesofossils

Primary reference: M.V. Sotnikova, A.E. Dodonov, and A.V. Pen'kov. 1997. Upper Cenozoic bio-magnetic stratigraphy of Central Asian mammalian localities. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 133:243-258 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 34440: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 01.09.2003

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Mimomys pliocaenicus Forsyth Major 1889 vole
 Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae