Khuday-Dag: Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene, Turkmenistan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Palaeoloxodon turkmenicus
1 individual
synonym of Elephas
1 partial skeleton
see common names

Geography
Country:Turkmenistan
Coordinates: 39.2° North, 54.6° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:39.2° North, 54.5° 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 - Middle Pleistocene
Age range of interval:2.58800 - 0.12600 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Regional section:Khuday-Dag depression
Stratigraphy comments: Partial elephant skeleton buried in a remnant of a terrace deposit of the Palaeo-Amudarya. Latest Early Pleistocene to Early Middle Pleistocene (based on elephant morphology).
Lithology and environment
Lithology description: A horizon of fine grained light grey micaceous sand with abundant clay pebbles of pink-chocolate-brown colour.
Environment:fluvial-lacustrine indet.
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Spatial orientation:life position
Associated major elements:all
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Taxonomic list comments:Type site of the species Palaeoloxodon turkmenicus.
Metadata
Database number:40689
Authorizer:A. Turner Enterer:H. O'Regan
Modifier:H. O'Regan Research group:PACED
Created:2004-06-28 05:25:13 Last modified:2004-06-28 10:26:27
Access level:the public Released:2004-06-28 05:25:13
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

10958.PACED I. A. Dubrovo and A. N. Nigarov. 1990. Plio-Pleistocene Fossil Vertebrate Localities of South-Western Turkmenia, U.S.S.R. Quatarpalaontologie 8:35-45 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan]