Psekoups: Early/Lower Pleistocene, Russian Federation

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus stenonis Cocchi 1867
recombined as Allohippus stenonis
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Dicerorhinus ex gr. etruscus (Falconer 1868)
    = Stephanorhinus ex gr. etruscus Falconer 1868
O'Regan 2003
Mammalia - Cervidae
Eucladoceros sp. Falconer 1868
Mammalia - Bovidae
Leptobos sp. Rutimeyer 1878
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Archidiskodon meridionalis (Nesti 1825)
typical form
    = Mammuthus meridionalis Nesti 1825
McKenna and Bell 1997
typical form
see common names

Geography
Country:Russian Federation State/province:Kouban
Coordinates: 44.8° North, 39.2° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:44.9° North, 39.1° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Early/Lower Pleistocene
Age range of interval:2.58000 - 0.77400 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: Early Pleistocene, Middle Villafranchian. Local age is Lower Apcheronien.
Lithology and environment
Environment:fluvial-lacustrine indet.
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Psekups
Database number:40397
Authorizer:A. Turner Enterer:H. O'Regan
Modifier:H. O'Regan Research group:PACED
Created:2004-06-23 07:28:13 Last modified:2004-06-23 10:28:13
Access level:the public Released:2004-06-23 07:28:13
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:

7584 M. C. McKenna and S. K. Bell. 1997. Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level 1-640 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]
9580PACED H. J. O'Regan. 2003. Reidentifications and synonomies of European mammals. [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/M. Uhen]