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Togay locality, Buryatia, Russia
Lat/Long (Decimal) | 53.15,110.2 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | based on nearby landmark |
Given Location | Irkutsk, Russia |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Buryatia, Russia |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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Togay locality, Ol'khon Island, Lake Baikal | Rage J.-C., Danilov I. G. (2008) | Khalagai | "Snakes come from the lower part of the Khalagai Formation, whose age is estimated as late Middle or early Late Miocene." (Rage & Danilov, 2008) In order to fit the present collection in one of the 10 Ma bins of the database, the age of the collection is tentatively assigned to the Serravallian (late Middle Miocene). | not reported | 13.82 - 11.62 Ma Miocene |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Boinae subfamily | Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Boidae : Boinae | 13.82 - 11.62 Ma Miocene |
Coluber sp. genus | Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Colubridae : Coluber | 13.82 - 11.62 Ma Miocene |
Colubridae family | Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Colubridae | 13.82 - 11.62 Ma Miocene |
Vipera sp. genus | Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Viperidae : Vipera | 13.82 - 11.62 Ma Miocene |
Viperidae family | Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Viperidae | 13.82 - 11.62 Ma Miocene |
References
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!