Balyktach River: Pleistocene, Russian Federation

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Proboscidea
? Elephas sp. Linnaeus 1758
1 specimen
    = Neodesmostylus primigenius n. gen., n. sp. Khomenko 1928
Khomenko 1928
see common names

Geography
Country:Russian Federation
Coordinates: 75.2° North, 138.8° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:75.2° North, 138.9° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Pleistocene
Age range of interval:2.58000 - 0.01170 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: original description said this collection was Tertiary
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:91549
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2009-10-01 07:56:27 Last modified:2009-10-01 10:56:42
Access level:the public Released:2009-10-01 07:56:27
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

30850. E. W. Pfizenmayer. 1927. Ein Desmostylidenzahn von Neusibirischen Insel Kotelyni. Centralblatt fur Mineralogie, Geologie und Palgontologie, abt. B 492-496 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

30851 J. P. Khomenko. 1928. Bemekungen zu E. Pfizenmayer, Ein Desmostyliden Zahn der Neusibirischen Insel Kotelnyi. Zentralblatt für Mineralogie, Geologie und Paläontologie, abt. B 519-520 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
30804 T. Shikama. 1966. Postcranial skeletons of Japanese Desmostylia. Palaeontological Society of Japan Special Papers 12:1-202 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]