Obigarm: Pliocene, Tajikistan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Ursidae
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Ursus cf. etruscus
Cuvier 1823
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Felidae
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Felidae indet.
Gray 1821
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Acinonyx cf. pardinensis
Croizet and Jobert 1828
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Gazella sp.
Blaineville 1816
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Mammalia
- Camelidae
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Paracamelus sp.
Schlosser 1903
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Equus stenonis
Cocchi 1867
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| recombined as Allohippus stenonis | ||||||||||
| Equus stenonis ssp. | ||||||||||
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Equus caballus
Linnaeus 1758
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Forsten and Sharapov 2000 | |||||||||
| Equus caballus mosbachensis | ||||||||||
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= Equus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Forsten and Sharapov 2000 | |||||||||
| no further remains have been found. The presence of a caballoid horse is doubtful. | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Rhinocerotidae indet.
Gray 1821
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Forsten and Sharapov 2000 | |||||||||
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Dicerorhinus mercki
(Kaup 1841)
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Forsten and Sharapov 2000 | |||||||||
| synonym of Dihoplus kirchbergensis | ||||||||||
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Dicerorhinus cf. etruscus
(Falconer 1868)
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Forsten and Sharapov 2000 | |||||||||
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= Stephanorhinus cf. etruscus
Falconer 1868
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O'Regan 2003 | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Tajikistan |
| Coordinates: | 38.0° North, 71.0° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 38.2° North, 70.8° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Pliocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Pliocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 5.33300 - 2.58000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphy comments: Upper Pliocene, Middle Villafranchian, MN17. In the Kuruksay formation, at the base of the loess-Palaeosol formation that appears to start at 2.5Ma in China. Palaeomagnetic data indicate the lower part of the Matuyama Chron. Howvere a 1960s Uranium series date is given as 370,000 +_ 120,000 years. |
Lithology and environment
| Geology comments: The bone-bearing horizon is a 2m thick and 5m long lens within a section 35m thick. This consists of hard loess and loess-like sediments with layers of calcareous tuffs; basally the sediments lie on granite. |
Taphonomy
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
| Collection method comments: Older material is kept at the Zoological Institute of Alam-Ata (Kazakhstan). The two faunal lists are very different, only overlapping on the presence of Equus stenonis/Equus sp. (small stenonid). Both faunal lists have been entered. | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Obigharm | ||
| Database number: | 34396 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Turner | Enterer: | H. O'Regan |
| Modifier: | H. O'Regan | Research group: | PACED |
| Created: | 2003-08-29 07:12:18 | Last modified: | 2004-06-25 13:18:59 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2003-08-29 07:12:18 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 9043. | PACED | 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] |
Secondary references:
| 10946 | PACED | A. Forsten and S. Sharapov. 2000. Fossil equids (Mammalia, Equidae) from the Neogene and Pleistocene of Tadzhikistan. Geodiversitas 22(2):293-314 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan] |
| 9580 | PACED | H. J. O'Regan. 2003. Reidentifications and synonomies of European mammals. [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/M. Uhen] |