Zyryanovsk (Pleistocene to of Kazakhstan)

Where: Kazakhstan (49.7° N, 84.3° E: paleocoordinates 49.7° N, 84.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Middle Pleistocene to Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.0 Ma)

• Middle-Late Pleistocene.

Environment/lithology:

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: B. S. Kozhamkulova. 1986. The Late Cenozoic two-humped (Bactrian) camels of Asia. Quatarpalaontologie 6:93-97 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 40497: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 24.06.2004

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
"Citellus sp." = Spermophilus
"Citellus sp." = Spermophilus Cuvier 1825 ground squirrel
 Rodentia - Dipodidae
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Cricetus cricetus, "Clethrionomys rufocanus" = Myodes
Cricetus cricetus Linnaeus 1758 European hamster
"Clethrionomys rufocanus" = Myodes vole
 Rodentia -
 Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae
 Theriamorpha - Talpidae
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Coelodonta antiquitatis Blumenbach 1799 wooly rhino
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus caballus Linnaeus 1758 horse
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Camelus knoblochi Nehring 1901 camel
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Bison priscus Bojanus 1827 bison
Bos primigenius Bojanus 1827 ox
 Carnivora - Felidae
"Panthera spelaea" = Panthera leo spelaea
"Panthera spelaea" = Panthera leo spelaea Goldfuss 1810 lion
 Carnivora - Hyaenidae
"Hyaena spelaea" = Crocuta crocuta spelaea
"Hyaena spelaea" = Crocuta crocuta spelaea Goldfuss 1823 spotted hyaena
 Carnivora - Ursidae
Ursus cf. spelaeus Rosenmüller 1794 cave bear
 Carnivora - Canidae
Canis lupus Linnaeus 1758 gray wolf
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Mammuthus primigenius Blumenbach 1799 wooly mammoth