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Aral Formation

The Aral Formation is a geologic formation in Kazakhstan. It preserves fossils dating back to the Neogene period. Much of its fossils consist of Glires and fish, though cetaceans and cryptobranchid salamanders are also known.

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Paleobiota

The Aral Formation has yielded a rich variety of extinct mammals. Many of its mammal fauna consists of the clade Glires with rodents being particularly numerous.2

Bivalves

GenusSpeciesNotesImages
Corbula3C. helmerseniA bivalve

Chondrichthyes

GenusSpeciesNotesImages
Odontaspis4Species indeterminateA sand tiger shark.

Osteichthyes

GenusSpeciesNotesImages
Acipenser5Species indeterminateA sturgeon.
Cyprinidae indet.6Genus and species indeterminateA carp.
Esox7E. aralensisA pike.
Percidae indet.8Gensu and species indeterminateA perch.

Urodela

GenusSpeciesNotesImages
Cryptobranchidae indet.9Genus and species indeterminate.A giant salamander.

Mammals

Rodents

GenusSpeciesNotesImages
Aralocricetodon10A. schokensisA cricetid.
Asianeomys11A. bolligeri.An eomyid.
Eumyarion1213E. tremulusA mouse.
Eucricetodon1415E. occasionalisA mouse.
Plesiosminthus16P. tereskentensisA jumping mouse.
Propalaeocastor17P. kumbulakensisA castorid.

Lagomorpha

GenusSpeciesNotesImages
DesmatolagusD. gobiensis, D. simplex, D. periaralicus.A rabbit.

Eulipotyphla

GenusSpeciesNotesImages
AmphechinusA. minimusA hedgehog.
Desmaninae indet.Indeterminate genus and species.A desman.
GobisorexG. kingae.A shrew.
Talpidae indet.Indeterminate genus and species.A mole.

Cetacea

GenusSpeciesNotesImages
Delphinidae indet.Indeterminate genus and species.A dolphin.

References

  1. Fossilworks: Altynshokysu (bone bed I). Fossilworks.org. Retrieved 2021-04-07. https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayCollResults?collection_no=175920 ↩

  2. Fossilworks: Altynshokysu (bone bed I). Fossilworks.org. Retrieved 2021-04-07. https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayCollResults?collection_no=175920 ↩

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  13. A. V. Lopatin. 1996. "The Stratigraphy and Small Mammals from the Aral Formation, the Altynshokysu Locality, Northern Aral Area." Stratigraphy and Geological Correlation. 4 (2): 65-79. ↩

  14. Fossilworks: Altynshokysu (bone bed I). Fossilworks.org. Retrieved 2021-04-07. https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayCollResults?collection_no=175920 ↩

  15. A. V. Lopatin. 1996. "The Stratigraphy and Small Mammals from the Aral Formation, the Altynshokysu Locality, Northern Aral Area." Stratigraphy and Geological Correlation. 4 (2): 65-79. ↩

  16. Fossilworks: Altynshokysu (bone bed I). Fossilworks.org. Retrieved 2021-04-07. https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayCollResults?collection_no=175920 ↩

  17. Fossilworks: Altynshokysu (bone bed I). Fossilworks.org. Retrieved 2021-04-07. https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayCollResults?collection_no=175920 ↩