Shakhty (Miocene of Kazakhstan)

Also known as Popovka

Where: Kazakhstan (51.3° N, 71.1° E: paleocoordinates 51.8° N, 70.7° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Tortonian (11.6 - 7.2 Ma)

• Meotian?

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: E. I. Belyaeva. 1948. Catalogue of Tertiary Fossil Sites of the Land Mammals in the U.S.S.R. [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 75807: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 30.10.2007

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Deinotheriidae
"Dinotherium giganteum" = Deinotherium giganteum
"Dinotherium giganteum" = Deinotherium giganteum Kaup 1829 deinothere
 Proboscidea - Mammutidae
"Mastodon borsoni" = Mammut borsoni
"Mastodon borsoni" = Mammut borsoni Hays 1834 mastodon