Where: Kyrgyzstan (43.0° N, 77.0° E: paleocoordinates 43.2° N, 76.8° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)
• Late Pliocene, Lower Villafranchian, In the upper part of the Issykulian formation, MN16.
Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: M.V. Sotnikova, A.E. Dodonov, and A.V. Pen'kov. 1997. Upper Cenozoic bio-magnetic stratigraphy of Central Asian mammalian localities. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 133:243-258 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 34439: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 01.09.2003
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Aves | |
Struthio transcaucasicus ostrich | |
Mammalia | |
Gazellospira sp. Pilgrim and Schaub 1939 antelope | |
Dicerorhinus sp. Gloger 1841 rhinoceros |