Sary-Ozek Station (Oligocene of Kazakhstan)

Also known as Saryozek; Sary Ozek

Where: Kazakhstan (45.3° N, 78.5° E: paleocoordinates 46.3° N, 76.4° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• Lower part of Aktau Formation

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; conglomeratic sandstone

• Sandstones and conglomeratic sandstones

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: S. G. Lucas and R. J. Emry. 1999. Taxonomy and biochronological significance of Paraentelodon, a giant entelodont (Mammalia, Artiodactyla) from the late Oligocene of Eurasia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 19(1):160-168 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 182747: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 23.11.2016

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Paraceratheriidae
Paraceratherium sp. Forster Cooper 1911 odd-toed ungulate
Vertebra was assigned to Paraceratherium prohorovi by Savinov (1963)
 Artiodactyla - Entelodontidae
"Neoentelodon dzhungaricus n. gen. n. sp." = Paraentelodon intermedium
"Neoentelodon dzhungaricus n. gen. n. sp." = Paraentelodon intermedium Gabunia 1964 even-toed ungulate
KAN 640/MP-58 - holotype