Urundzhik Depression: Middle Pleistocene, Turkmenistan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Elasmotherium sp.
Fischer 1808
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1 individual | |||||||||
| two phalanges and 2 metapodia belonging to the same individual. | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Cervidae indet.
Gray 1821
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| at least 2 taxa. parts of skulls, antler fragments and extremities. | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Bovidae indet.
Gray 1821
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| small bovid, fragments of skull and teeth. | ||||||||||
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? Bos sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Bos sensu lato. 1 scaphocuboideum. | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Palaeoloxodon turkmenicus
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| synonym of Elephas | ||||||||||
| tooth lamellae fragments. | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
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Testudinoidea indet.
Gray 1825
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8 specimens | |||||||||
| 8 lateral plates. | ||||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Siluriformes
- Siluridae
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Silurus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| 1 skull fragment. | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Turkmenistan |
| Coordinates: | 39.0° North, 54.0° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 39.0° North, 54.0° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| Stage: | Chibanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Middle Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.77400 - 0.12900 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Regional section: | Urundzhik | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Probably Middle Pleistocene. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Lithology description: fine grained sands with clay pebbles. | |
| Environment: | fluvial-lacustrine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
| Associated major elements: | some |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Collection method comments: locality found in 1962, further investigations in 1983-84. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 40692 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Turner | Enterer: | H. O'Regan |
| Modifier: | H. O'Regan | Research group: | PACED |
| Created: | 2004-06-28 06:42:05 | Last modified: | 2004-06-28 10:25:04 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-06-28 06:42:05 |
| 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] |