Where: Kochkor, Kyrgyzstan (42.2° N, 75.4° E: paleocoordinates 42.8° N, 74.7° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Chu Formation, Miocene (23.0 - 5.3 Ma)
Environment/lithology: fluvial; lithified, sandy siltstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Primary reference: S. A. Miller, P. Z. Barrett, W. N. F. McLaughlin and S. S. B. Hopkins. 2020. Endemism and migration in the Kochkor Basin? Identification and description of Adcrocuta eximia (Mammalia: Carnivora: Hyaenidae) and c.f. Paramachaerodus (Mammalia: Carnivora: Felidae) fossils at the Miocene locality of Ortok, Kyrgyzstan. Palaeontologia Electronica 23(3) [N. Famoso/N. Famoso]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 219042: authorized by Nicholas Famoso, entered by Nicholas Famoso on 11.03.2021
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
cf. Paramachaerodus sp. Pilgrim 1913 cat | |
Adcrocuta eximia Roth and Wagner 1854 hyaena |