Lower Indigirka River (Pleistocene of Russian Federation)

Where: Yakutia, Russian Federation (71.0° N, 147.5° E: paleocoordinates 71.0° N, 147.5° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; mudstone and peat

• ...loess-like loams intercalting with petay horizons...The bone bearing horizon is traced form loess-like loams...

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• 193 mammoth bones belonging to 14 individuals

Primary reference: P. A. Lazarev. 1985. Finds of Mammoth faunas in the area of the lower Indigirka River, northern Yakutia. Current Research in the Pleistocene 2:103-104 [W. Clyde/J. Finarelli/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taphonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 13471: authorized by Will Clyde, entered by John Finarelli on 28.03.2002

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• bison, horse and reindeer also reported
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Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Mammuthus sp.
Mammuthus sp. Brookes 1828 mammoth
193 specimens (14 is MNI)
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus sp.
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Bison sp.
Bison sp. Hamilton-Smith 1827 bison
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Rangifer sp.
Rangifer sp. Hamilton-Smith 1827 reindeer