Also known as Yakhabed
Where: Zulfi, Tajikistan (38.6° N, 69.1° E)
• Paleocoordinates: 38.0° N, 68.9° E (Wright 2013)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Kairubak suite Formation, Pliocene to Pliocene (5.3 - 0.0 Ma)
• Normally magnetised deposits, either the Olduvai or Reunion Subchron. Plio-Pleistocene. On the border between the Kuruksay (= Kuruksai) and Kairubak suites. MN17.
Environment/lithology:
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: bulk,
• Found in 1962, excavated since 1971. The faunal lists are very different, as it was excavated by two different teams, both lists have been entered, the only overlap is Equus stenonis.
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 34434: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 01.09.2003
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Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Mammalia | |
Promimomys sp. Kretzoi 1955 rodent | |
Canis cf. etruscus Forsyth Major 1877 canine
Nyctereutes sp. Temminck 1839 raccoon dog
Vulpes sp. Frisch 1775 fox | |
Chasmaporthetes sp. Hay 1921 hyaena
Pachycrocuta sp. Kretzoi 1938 brown hyaena | |
Gazella sp. Blaineville 1816 gazelle
Ovis sp. Linnaeus 1758 sheep
Leptobos sp. Rutimeyer 1878 antelope | |
Elaphurus sp. Milne-Edwards 1866 Pere David's deer
Cervus cf. elephas deer
"Cervus cf. philisi" = Metacervocerus philisi Mennecart et al. 2017 deer
Sinomegaceros sp. Chow et al. 1965 deer | |
Camelidae indet. Gray 1821 camel
Paracamelus sp. Schlosser 1903 camel | |
Dicerorhinus sp. Gloger 1841 rhinoceros | |
"Equus ex gr. stenonis" = Allohippus stenonis
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