Ust' Urt: Miocene, Kazakhstan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Proboscidea
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Mastodon sp.
Cuvier 1817
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= Proboscidea indet.
Illiger 1811
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Alroy 2007 | ||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Kazakhstan |
| Coordinates: | 48.5° North, 59.5° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 49.1° North, 58.6° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5-6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Miocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 23.03000 - 5.33300 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphy comments: JA: said to be early Miocene, but "Mastodon" sensu lato could be any gomphothere or mammutid of any Neogene age; age call of Miocene is based on actual Miocene age of other nominally early Miocene collections from this reference |
Lithology and environment
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 75059 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen, J. Alroy | Enterer: | M. Uhen, J. Alroy |
| Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2007-09-17 17:43:58 | Last modified: | 2007-09-18 14:45:50 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2007-09-17 17:43:58 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information