UO-4605 Ortok (Miocene of Kyrgyzstan)

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

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Carnivora - Felidae
cf. Paramachaerodus sp. Pilgrim 1913 cat
 Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Adcrocuta eximia Roth and Wagner 1854 hyaena