Tcheleken, collections 1983-84: Middle Pleistocene, Turkmenistan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Actinopteri
- Siluriformes
- Siluridae
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Silurus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Actinopteri
- Esociformes
- Esocidae
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Esox sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Reptilia
- Anseriformes
- Anatidae
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Anas sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Anser sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Reptilia
- Phasianidae
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Francolinus sp.
Stephens 1819
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Reptilia
- Testudines
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Testudinoidea indet.
Gray 1825
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| 8 marginal plate. | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Mammuthus trogontherii
(Pohlig 1885)
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| fragemnts of teeth. Mammuthus trogontherii chosaricus. | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Elasmotherium sp.
Fischer 1808
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| teeth fragments. | ||||||||||
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Dicerorhinus sp.
Gloger 1841
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| teeth fragments. | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Hemionus sp.
Stehlin and Graziosi 1935
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| spelled with current rank as Equus (Hemionus) | ||||||||||
| 1 astragalus. | ||||||||||
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Equus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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| teeth and bone fragments. | ||||||||||
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= Equus cf. suessenbornensis
Wüst 1901
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Dubrovo and Nigarov 1990 | |||||||||
| recombined as Equus (Sussemionus) suessenbornensis | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Cervidae indet.
Gray 1821
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| antler fragments. | ||||||||||
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Cervus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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| either C. cf elaphas or C. cf. acoronatus. | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Bovidae indet.
Gray 1821
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| 2 forms of small bovidae. | ||||||||||
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? Bos sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Bos sensu lato. 1 metacarpal. | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Canis sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| 1 axis. | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Cricetidae indet.
Fischer von Waldheim 1817
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| 1 very damaged tooth. | ||||||||||
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Arvicolinae indet.
(Gray 1821)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| 2 molars of a large vole with rootless molars, either late Mimomys or early Arvicola. | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Leporidae
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? Lepus tolai
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| bones and teeth of a small hare, probably Lepus tolai. | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Turkmenistan |
| Coordinates: | 39.5° North, 53.4° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 39.5° North, 53.4° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
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
| Stratigraphy comments: Middle Pleistocene. Grey micaceous sands with clay pebbles and rather numerous bone remains with erosion traces lay above Bakinian and Early Khazarian (Cromerian-Holsteinian) deposits which are well dated by their molluscan fauna. |
Lithology and environment
| Lithology description: Grey micaceous sands with clay pebbles. | |
| Environment: | fluvial-lacustrine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Taxonomic list comments:Equus sp., the voles and the deer may be redeposited from Early Pleistocene sediments. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 40695 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Turner | Enterer: | H. O'Regan |
| Modifier: | H. O'Regan | Research group: | PACED |
| Created: | 2004-06-28 07:04:11 | Last modified: | 2004-06-28 10:28:33 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-06-28 07:04:11 |
| 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] |