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Kuruksai suite, Khatlon, Tajikistan

Formation	Kuruksai suite
Age:	5.33 - 2.59 Ma Cenozoic
Interval	Pliocene
Lithology	siltstone/sandstone
Number of Collections	1
Number of Occurrences	31

Recorded Sample Locations

Location	Region	Stratigraphic Name
Kuruksay	Khatlon, Tajikistan	Kuruksai suite

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Type	Hierarchy	Age
Antilospira sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Bovidae : *Antilospira*	5.333 - 2.588 Ma Cenozoic
Damalops sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Bovidae : *Damalops*	5.333 - 2.588 Ma Cenozoic
Gazella sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Bovidae : *Gazella*	5.333 - 2.588 Ma Cenozoic
Gazellospira sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Bovidae : *Gazellospira*	5.333 - 2.588 Ma Cenozoic
Protoryx sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Bovidae : *Protoryx*	5.333 - 2.588 Ma Cenozoic
Paracamelus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Camelidae : *Paracamelus*	5.333 - 2.588 Ma Cenozoic
Axis sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Cervidae : *Axis*	5.333 - 2.588 Ma Cenozoic
Cervus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Cervidae : *Cervus*	5.333 - 2.588 Ma Cenozoic
Eucladoceros sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Cervidae : *Eucladoceros*	5.333 - 2.588 Ma Cenozoic
Libralces gallicus species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Cervidae : Libralces : *Libralces gallicus*	5.333 - 2.588 Ma Cenozoic
Sinomegaceros sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Cervidae : *Sinomegaceros*	5.333 - 2.588 Ma Cenozoic
Mitilanotherium sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Giraffidae : *Mitilanotherium*	5.333 - 2.588 Ma Cenozoic
Sivatherium sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Giraffidae : *Sivatherium*	5.333 - 2.588 Ma Cenozoic
Canis sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Canidae : *Canis*	5.333 - 2.588 Ma Cenozoic
Nyctereutes megamastoides species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Canidae : Nyctereutes : *Nyctereutes megamastoides*	5.333 - 2.588 Ma Cenozoic
Acinonyx pardinensis species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Felidae : Acinonyx : *Acinonyx pardinensis*	5.333 - 2.588 Ma Cenozoic
Homotherium sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Felidae : *Homotherium*	5.333 - 2.588 Ma Cenozoic
Lynx issiodorensis species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Felidae : Lynx : *Lynx issiodorensis*	5.333 - 2.588 Ma Cenozoic
Megantereon megantereon species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Felidae : Megantereon : *Megantereon megantereon*	5.333 - 2.588 Ma Cenozoic
Chasmaporthetes lunensis species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Hyaenidae : Chasmaporthetes : *Chasmaporthetes lunensis*	5.333 - 2.588 Ma Cenozoic
Pliocrocuta perrieri species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Hyaenidae : Hyaena : *Pliocrocuta perrieri*	5.333 - 2.588 Ma Cenozoic
Ursus etruscus species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Ursidae : Ursus : *Ursus etruscus*	5.333 - 2.588 Ma Cenozoic
Equus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Equidae : *Equus*	5.333 - 2.588 Ma Cenozoic
Equus stenonis species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Equidae : Equus : *Equus stenonis*	5.333 - 2.588 Ma Cenozoic
Dicerorhinus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Rhinocerotidae : *Dicerorhinus*	5.333 - 2.588 Ma Cenozoic
Papio sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Primates : Cercopithecidae : *Papio*	5.333 - 2.588 Ma Cenozoic
Mammuthus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Proboscidea : Elephantidae : *Mammuthus*	5.333 - 2.588 Ma Cenozoic
Ellobius sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Cricetidae : *Ellobius*	5.333 - 2.588 Ma Cenozoic
Promimomys sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Cricetidae : *Promimomys*	5.333 - 2.588 Ma Cenozoic
Hystrix sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Hystricidae : *Hystrix*	5.333 - 2.588 Ma Cenozoic

References

Sotnikova M.V., Dodonov A.E., et al (1997) Upper Cenozoic bio-magnetic stratigraphy of Central Asian mammalian localities, Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 133, 243-258

McKenna M. C., Bell S. K. (1997) , Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level, 1-640

Forsten A., Sharapov S. (2000) Fossil equids (Mammalia, Equidae) from the Neogene and Pleistocene of Tadzhikistan, Geodiversitas 22 2, 293-314

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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