Lower Indigirka River: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Russian Federation
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Mammuthus sp.
Brookes 1828
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14 individuals | |||||||||
| 193 specimens (14 is MNI) | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Equus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Rangifer sp.
Hamilton-Smith 1827
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Bison sp.
Hamilton-Smith 1827
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Geography
| Country: | Russian Federation | State/province: | Yakutia |
| Coordinates: | 71.0° North, 147.5° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 71.0° North, 147.5° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| Stage: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| *Period: | Late/Upper Quaternary - Late/Upper Quaternary | *Epoch: | Late/Upper Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.12900 - 0.01170 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | mudstone |
| Secondary lithology: | peat |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: ...loess-like loams intercalting with petay horizons...The bone bearing horizon is traced form loess-like loams... | |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Degree of concentration: | -bonebed |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Fragmentation: | frequent |
| Feeding/predation traces: | tooth marks |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taphonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: 193 mammoth bones belonging to 14 individuals | |
| Taxonomic list comments:bison, horse and reindeer also reported | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 13471 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Clyde | Enterer: | J. Finarelli |
| Modifier: | J. Finarelli | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2002-03-28 09:51:52 | Last modified: | 2002-03-28 11:51:52 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2002-03-28 09:51:52 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 6079. | 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] |