Udabno II: MN 11, Georgia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Udabnocerus georgicus n. gen., n. sp.
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Paleotragus sp.
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Deinotheriidae
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Deinotherium giganteum
Kaup 1829
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Hyaenidae
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Adcrocuta eximia
Roth and Wagner 1854
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Hyaenotherium magnum
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Bovinae indet.
(Gray 1821)
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| "very small" | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Hipparion cf. garedzicum
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| "very close to the group of H. moldavicum-mediterraneum" | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Georgia |
| Coordinates: | 41.5° North, 45.4° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 41.3° North, 48.6° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| Stage: | Tortonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | MN 11 | ||
| Age range of interval: | 8.70000 - 7.75000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: "c. 40-50 m beneath the contact of [the 'Shiraqi'] complex with the continental layers below... Lower Turolian or MN 11... Lower Meotis" (Gabunia et al. 2001) | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "siliciclastic" |
| Lithology description: "sediments of continental origins, interspersed by colourful clay layers with inclusions of sand dunes and conglomerates" (Gabunia et al. 2001) | |
| Environment: | fluvial-lacustrine indet. |
| Geology comments: "moderately lush forest biotypes interplaced with relatively more open settings" | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 75169 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2007-09-25 11:14:15 | Last modified: | 2007-09-25 14:14:15 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2007-09-25 11:14:15 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 25370. | L. Gabunia, E. Gabashvili, A. Vekua and D. Lordikpanidze. 2001. The late Miocene hominoid from Georgia. Phylogeny of the Neogene Hominoid Primates of Eurasia (eds. G. D. Koufos, L. de Bonis, and P. Andrews) 316-325 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |