Contents
Paleonotological Journal
Vol. 38, Suppl. 3, 2004
The supplement is published only
in English by MAIK “Nauka / Interperiodica” (Russia).
Paleontological Journal ISSN 0031-0301.
Early Miocene Small Mammals from
the North Aral Region (Kazakhstan) with Special Reference to
Their Biostratigraphic Significance
A. V. Lopatin
Paleontological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Profsoyuznaya ul. 123, Moscow, 117997 Russia
INTRODUCTION p. 217 abstract
CHAPTER 1. HISTORY OF THE STRATIGRAPHIC
AND PALEONTOLOGICAL STUDY OF THE REGION p. 219
CHAPTER 2. STRATIGRAPHY OF LOWER MIOCENE DEPOSITS
IN WESTERN KAZAKHSTAN p. 220
CHAPTER 3. CHARACTERISTICS OF LOCALITIES p. 223
Akespe Locality p. 223
Kumbulak Locality p. 223
Altynshokysu Locality p. 225
CHAPTER 4. SYSTEMATICS p. 228
Order Insectivora Bowdich, 1821 p. 228 abstract
Family Erinaceidae Fischer von Waldheim, 1817 p. 228
Family Talpidae Fischer von Waldheim, 1817 p. 235
Family Soricidae Fischer von Waldheim, 1817 p. 239
Order Lagomorpha Brandt, 1855 p. 245
Family Desmatolagidae Burke, 1941 p. 245
Family Ochotonidae Thomas, 1897 p. 255
Order Rodentia Bowdich, 1821 p. 257
Family Aplodontidae Brandt, 1855 p. 257
Family Castoridae Hemprich, 1820 p. 259
Family Eomyidae Deperet et Douxami, 1902 p. 267
Family Zapodidae Coues, 1875 p. 271
Family Cricetidae Fischer von Waldheim, 1817 p. 276
Family Spalacidae Gray, 1821 p. 282
Family Tachyoryctoididae Schaub, 1958 p. 285
Family Ctenodactylidae Zittel, 1893 p. 292
CHAPTER 5. AGE OF THE ARAL FAUNA AND CORRELATION WITH THE MAMMAL
BIOCHRONOLOGICAL UNITS OF EUROPE AND CENTRAL ASIA p. 293
Review of Ideas Concerning the Age of the Aral Faunal Assemblage p. 293
Analysis of the Taxonomic Composition of the Aral Small Mammal Assemblage p. 295
On Different Ages of Localities of the Aral Assemblage p. 300
Correlation with European Biochronological Units p. 301
Correlation with Central Asian Biochronological Units p. 303
CHAPTER 6. MAMMALIAN BIOCHRONOLOGY IN THE EARLY MIOCENE OF INNER ASIA p. 304
NMU1 (Aralian, or the Earliest Xiejian) p. 304
NMU2 (Early Xiejian) p. 306
NMU3a (Middle Xiejian) p. 307
NMU3b (Late Xiejian) p. 307
NMU4 (Early Shanwangian) p. 308
CHAPTER 7. ZOOGEOGRAPHICAL RELATIONSHIPS AND ENVIRONMENT
OF MAMMALS FROM THE ARAL FAUNAL ASSEMBLAGE p. 309
CONCLUSIONS p. 312
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS p. 312
REFERENCES p. 313
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