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Biochronological significance of Amynodontidae (Mammalia, Perissodactyla) from the Paleogene of Kazakhstan

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2015

Spencer G. Lucas  and
Robert J. Emry
Spencer G. Lucas
Affiliation:
New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, 1801 Mountain Road N. W., Albuquerque 87104
Robert J. Emry
Affiliation:
Department of Paleobiology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. 20560
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Abstract

Five taxa of amynodontid rhinoceroses have been named from Kazakhstan. We consider only two of these valid, and recognize three amynodontid taxa from Paleogene deposits in Kazakhstan: Cadurcodon ardynensis (=Cadurcodon zaisanensis; =Amynodon tuskabakensis) from the upper Eocene (Ergilian)-lower Oligocene (Shandgolian) of the Zaysan basin, Zaisanamynodon borisovi, from the Ergilian of the Zaysan basin and Cadurcodon kazakademius, from Shandgolian strata in the vicinity of the Chelkar-Teniz lake basin. Gigantamynodon akespensis, from the upper Oligocene north of the Aral Sea is a rhinocerotid, not an amynodontid. Close similarity of the amynodontids of Kazakhstan to those of Mongolia and China supports direct correlation of Ergilian and Shandgolian strata across Asia.

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Journal of Paleontology , Volume 70 , Issue 4 , July 1996 , pp. 691 - 696
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