Toru Ajgyr site IV: Middle Eocene, Kyrgyzstan
collected by Martin-Luther- University Halle (Germany), the Zoological Institute in St. Petersburg (Russia) and the Seismological Institute in Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan) 1997 1998

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Lophialetidae
Lophialetes sp. Matthew and Granger 1925
GIH TA IV/84, 142-146 and 209
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Tapiridae
Teleolophus sp. Matthew and Granger 1925
GIH TA IV/1-48
see common names

Geography
Country:Kyrgyzstan
Coordinates: 42.5° North, 76.2° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:42.7° North, 70.8° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 2-3
Key time interval:Middle Eocene
Age range of interval:47.80000 - 37.71000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Chonkurchak
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Chonkurchak Svita
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: claystone
Environment:lacustrine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,surface (in situ),sieve,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collectors:Martin-Luther- University Halle (Germany), the Zoological Institute in St. Petersburg (Russia) and the Seismological Institute in Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan) Collection dates:1997 and 1998
Metadata
Also known as:Issyk-Kul
Database number:177053
Authorizer:P. Mannion Enterer:P. Mannion
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2016-03-18 07:11:43 Last modified:2016-03-18 07:11:43
Access level:the public Released:2016-03-18 07:11:43
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
58485. J. Erfurt and A. Averianov. 2006. Mammals of the Eocene locality Toru Ajgyr (Kyrgyzstan). Palaeovertebrata 34(3-4):207-257 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]