Aral Sea (Oligocene of Kazakhstan)

Where: Kazakhstan (46.6° N, 61.2° E: paleocoordinates 47.4° N, 58.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Late/Upper Oligocene (28.4 - 23.0 Ma)

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 74900: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 04.09.2007

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Mammalia
 Rodentia - Castoridae
Palaeocastor sp. Leidy 1869 beaver
Steneofiber sp. Geoffroy 1833 beaver
 Rodentia - Zapodidae
Schaubeumys aralensis jumping mouse
 Rodentia - Muridae
"Aralomys gigas" = Tachyoryctoides, "Eumysodon spurius" = Eumysodon spurius, "Eumysodon orlovi" = Eumysodon spurius
"Aralomys gigas" = Tachyoryctoides mouse
"Eumysodon spurius" = Eumysodon spurius Argyropulo 1939 mouse
"Eumysodon orlovi" = Eumysodon spurius Argyropulo 1939 mouse
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
"Schaubeumys woodi" = Argyromys aralensis
"Schaubeumys woodi" = Argyromys aralensis Argyropulo 1939 mouse
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
"Agispelagus simplex" = Desmatolagus simplex
"Agispelagus simplex" = Desmatolagus simplex Argyropulo 1940 rabbit
 Theriamorpha - Erinaceidae
Palaeoscaptor acridens Matthew and Granger 1924 hedgehog
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
 Perissodactyla - Paraceratheriidae
Aralotherium prohorvi odd-toed ungulate
 Artiodactyla - Archaeomerycidae
? Miomeryx sp. Matthew and Granger 1925 ruminant
 Artiodactyla -
? Prodremotherium sp. Filhol 1877 ruminant
 Artiodactyla - Lophiomerycidae
Lophiomeryx sp. Pomel 1853 ruminant
 Carnivora - Felidae
Felidae indet. Gray 1821 cat
Reptilia
 Testudines - Testudinidae
 Testudines - Cheloniidae
Chelonia aralis green sea turtle
Aves
 Anseriformes - Anatidae
"Anas oligocaena" = Dendrochen oligocaena
"Anas oligocaena" = Dendrochen oligocaena Tugarinov 1940 stiff-tailed duck