Kossiakino 1, near Stavropol: Ruscinian, Russian Federation
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Dicerorhinus cf. orientalis
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= Stephanorhinus megarhinus
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Vangengeim et al. 1998 | |||||||||
Aceratherium sp.
Kaup 1834
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not in Vangengeim 1998. probably Miocene | ||||||||||
Chilotherium sp.
Ringström 1924
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not in Vangengeim 1998. probably Miocene | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Tapiridae
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Tapirus cf. arvernensis
Croizet and Jobert 1828
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Hipparion cf. crassum
Gervais 1859
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= Hipparion sp.
de Christol 1832
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Vangengeim et al. 1998 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Suidae
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Propotamochoerus provincialis
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Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Procapreolus sp.
Schlosser 1929
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= Pseudalces mirandus
Flerov 1962
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Vangengeim et al. 1998 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Gazella sp.
Blaineville 1816
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Mammalia
- Giraffidae
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Sivatherium sp.
Falconer and Cautley 1836
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= Sivatheriinae indet.
Zittel 1893
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Vangengeim et al. 1998 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Felidae
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Felis cf. issiodorensis
Croizet and Jobert 1828
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= Lynx ex gr. brevirostris
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Vangengeim et al. 1998 | |||||||||
Lynx ex gr. brevirostris-issiodorensis | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Ursidae
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Ursus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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= Ursus ex gr. minimus
Devéze and Bouillet 1827
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Vangengeim et al. 1998 | |||||||||
recombined as Euarctos minimus | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Canis sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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not in Vangengeim 1998. | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Gomphotheriidae
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Dinotherium sp.
Kaup 1825
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not in Vangengeim 1998. probably Miocene. | ||||||||||
= Anancus arvernensis
Croizet and Jobert 1828
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Vangengeim et al. 1998 | |||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Russian Federation | State/province: | Stavropol'skaya |
Coordinates: | 45.0° North, 41.8° East (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 45.2° North, 41.5° East | ||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Time
Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Pliocene |
10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
Key time interval: | Ruscinian | ||
Age range of interval: | 5.33300 - 3.20000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Local bed: | 1 | ||||
Local order: | bottom to top | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: a series of fluvio-lacustrine beds, equivalent in age to the Rousillion fauna. Local age of Lower/Middle Aktshagylien, Lower Villafranchian, Upper Pliocene. In Ref 13592 it states the bone beds span the Turolian to Villafranchian and lists the Ruscinian faunas. |
Lithology and environment
Environment: | fluvial-lacustrine indet. |
Taphonomy
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Taxonomic list comments:Faunal list contains fauna from Miocene - Pliocene (original list from Gabounia 1974). Pliocene fauna updated by Vangengeim et al. (1998). |
Metadata
Also known as: | Kosyakino | ||
Database number: | 40394 | ||
Authorizer: | A. Turner | Enterer: | H. O'Regan |
Modifier: | H. O'Regan | Research group: | PACED |
Created: | 2004-06-23 06:53:57 | Last modified: | 2005-05-25 09:40:48 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-06-23 06:53:57 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
10898. | PACED | L. Gabounia. 1974. A propos du Villafranchian du Caucase. Memoires du Bureau de Recherches Geologiques et Minieres 78(1):145-148 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan] |
Secondary references:
9580 | PACED | H. J. O'Regan. 2003. Reidentifications and synonomies of European mammals. [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/M. Uhen] |
13592 | PACED | E. A. Vangengeim, I. A. Vislobokova, and M. V. Sotnikova. 1998. Large Ruscinian Mammalia in the Territory of the Former Soviet Union. Stratigraphy and Geological Correlation 6(4):368-382 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan] |