- Title Pages
- Title Pages
- Introduction
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Chapter 1 Neogene Land Mammal Stages/Ages of China -
Chapter 2 North China Neogene Biochronology -
Chapter 3 A Single-Point Base Definition of the Xiejian Age as an Exemplar for Refining Chinese Land Mammal Ages -
Chapter 4 Early Miocene Xiejiahe and Sihong Fossil Localities and Their Faunas, Eastern China -
Chapter 5 Neogene Faunal Succession and Biochronology of Central Nei Mongol (Inner Mongolia) -
Chapter 6 Mammalian Biochronology of the Late Miocene Bahe Formation -
Chapter 7 Stratigraphy and Paleoecology of the Classical Dragon Bone Localities of Baode County, Shanxi Province -
Chapter 8 Review of the Litho-, Bio-, and Chronostratigraphy in the Nihewan Basin, Hebei, China -
Chapter 9 Late Cenozoic Biostratigraphy of the Linxia Basin, Northwestern China -
Chapter 10 Neogene Mammalian Biostratigraphy and Geochronology of the Tibetan Plateau -
Chapter 11 Hominoid-Producing Localities and Biostratigraphy in Yunnan -
Chapter 12 Miocene Land Mammals and Stratigraphy of Japan -
Chapter 13 Pliocene Land Mammals of Japan -
Chapter 14 The Siwaliks and Neogene Evolutionary Biology in South Asia -
Chapter 15 The Neogene Siwaliks of the Potwar Plateau, Pakistan -
Chapter 16 Mammalian Neogene Biostratigraphy of the Sulaiman Province, Pakistan -
Chapter 17 Indian Neogene Siwalik Mammalian Biostratigraphy -
Chapter 18 Paleobiogeography and South Asian Small Mammals -
Chapter 19 Advances in the Biochronology and Biostratigraphy of the Continental Neogene of Myanmar -
Chapter 20 Miocene Mammal Biostratigraphy of Central Mongolia (Valley of Lakes) -
Chapter 21 Late Cenozoic Mammal Faunas of the Baikalian Region -
Chapter 22 New Data on Miocene Biostratigraphy and Paleoclimatology of Olkhon Island (Lake Baikal, Siberia) -
Chapter 23 Late Miocene Mammal Localities of Eastern Europe and Western Asia -
Chapter 24 Late Miocene (Turolian) Vertebrate Faunas from Southern European Russia -
Chapter 25 Recent Advances in Paleobiological Research of the Late Miocene Maragheh Fauna, Northwest Iran -
Chapter 26 A Review of the Neogene Succession of the Muridae and Dipodidae from Anatolia, with Special Reference to Taxa Known from Asia and/or Europe -
Chapter 27 Late Miocene Fossils from the Baynunah Formation, United Arab Emirates -
Chapter 28 Neogene Mammal Biostratigraphy and Chronology of Greece -
Chapter 29 Continental-Scale Patterns in Neogene Mammal Community Evolution and Biogeography -
Chapter 30 Intercontinental Dispersals of Sicistine Rodents (Sicistinae, Dipodidae, Rodentia) Between Eurasia and North America -
Chapter 31 Paleodietary Comparisons of Ungulates Between the Late Miocene of China, and Pikermi and Samos in Greece - Contributors
- Taxonomic Index
- General Index
- Plates
New Data on Miocene Biostratigraphy and Paleoclimatology of Olkhon Island (Lake Baikal, Siberia)
New Data on Miocene Biostratigraphy and Paleoclimatology of Olkhon Island (Lake Baikal, Siberia)
- Chapter:
- (p.508) Chapter 22 New Data on Miocene Biostratigraphy and Paleoclimatology of Olkhon Island (Lake Baikal, Siberia)
- Source:
- Fossil Mammals of Asia
- Author(s):
Gudrun Daxner-Höck
Madelaine Böhme
Annette Kossler
- Publisher:
- Columbia University Press
This chapter presents new data on the Miocene biostratigraphy and paleoclimatology of Olkhon Island (Lake Baikal, Siberia). Lake Baikal, located in the East Siberian Baikal Rift System, is the deepest, most voluminous, and oldest freshwater body on Earth. From the northwestern part of Olkhon Island, two localities are known to have yielded terrestrial fossils of the Neogene, both of which belong to the Khalagay Formation: the Tagay section and the Saray section. The vertebrate assemblages from the Tagay and Saray I sections show remarkable affinities to assemblages from western Eurasia, especially from Central Europe. Ectothermic vertebrates from these two sections also resemble assemblages from western Kazakhstan. These results are in agreement with earlier findings that a largely homogeneous vertebrate fauna (at least at the genus level) may have existed in the middle latitudes of Eurasia during the Middle Miocene and perhaps during parts of the Late Miocene. Paleoclimatic analysis suggests that repeated strong fluctuations in humidity affected the Baikal Lake area during both the Middle and Late Miocene.
Keywords: biostratigraphy, paleoclimatology, Olkhon Island, Lake Baikal, Siberia, fossils, Khalagay Formation, vertebrates, fauna, Miocene
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- Title Pages
- Title Pages
- Introduction
-
Chapter 1 Neogene Land Mammal Stages/Ages of China -
Chapter 2 North China Neogene Biochronology -
Chapter 3 A Single-Point Base Definition of the Xiejian Age as an Exemplar for Refining Chinese Land Mammal Ages -
Chapter 4 Early Miocene Xiejiahe and Sihong Fossil Localities and Their Faunas, Eastern China -
Chapter 5 Neogene Faunal Succession and Biochronology of Central Nei Mongol (Inner Mongolia) -
Chapter 6 Mammalian Biochronology of the Late Miocene Bahe Formation -
Chapter 7 Stratigraphy and Paleoecology of the Classical Dragon Bone Localities of Baode County, Shanxi Province -
Chapter 8 Review of the Litho-, Bio-, and Chronostratigraphy in the Nihewan Basin, Hebei, China -
Chapter 9 Late Cenozoic Biostratigraphy of the Linxia Basin, Northwestern China -
Chapter 10 Neogene Mammalian Biostratigraphy and Geochronology of the Tibetan Plateau -
Chapter 11 Hominoid-Producing Localities and Biostratigraphy in Yunnan -
Chapter 12 Miocene Land Mammals and Stratigraphy of Japan -
Chapter 13 Pliocene Land Mammals of Japan -
Chapter 14 The Siwaliks and Neogene Evolutionary Biology in South Asia -
Chapter 15 The Neogene Siwaliks of the Potwar Plateau, Pakistan -
Chapter 16 Mammalian Neogene Biostratigraphy of the Sulaiman Province, Pakistan -
Chapter 17 Indian Neogene Siwalik Mammalian Biostratigraphy -
Chapter 18 Paleobiogeography and South Asian Small Mammals -
Chapter 19 Advances in the Biochronology and Biostratigraphy of the Continental Neogene of Myanmar -
Chapter 20 Miocene Mammal Biostratigraphy of Central Mongolia (Valley of Lakes) -
Chapter 21 Late Cenozoic Mammal Faunas of the Baikalian Region -
Chapter 22 New Data on Miocene Biostratigraphy and Paleoclimatology of Olkhon Island (Lake Baikal, Siberia) -
Chapter 23 Late Miocene Mammal Localities of Eastern Europe and Western Asia -
Chapter 24 Late Miocene (Turolian) Vertebrate Faunas from Southern European Russia -
Chapter 25 Recent Advances in Paleobiological Research of the Late Miocene Maragheh Fauna, Northwest Iran -
Chapter 26 A Review of the Neogene Succession of the Muridae and Dipodidae from Anatolia, with Special Reference to Taxa Known from Asia and/or Europe -
Chapter 27 Late Miocene Fossils from the Baynunah Formation, United Arab Emirates -
Chapter 28 Neogene Mammal Biostratigraphy and Chronology of Greece -
Chapter 29 Continental-Scale Patterns in Neogene Mammal Community Evolution and Biogeography -
Chapter 30 Intercontinental Dispersals of Sicistine Rodents (Sicistinae, Dipodidae, Rodentia) Between Eurasia and North America -
Chapter 31 Paleodietary Comparisons of Ungulates Between the Late Miocene of China, and Pikermi and Samos in Greece - Contributors
- Taxonomic Index
- General Index
- Plates
