A synthesis of fauna, palaeoenvironments and stratigraphy of the Miocene Tagay locality (Olkhon Island, Lake Baikal, Eastern Siberia)

G Daxner-Höck, T Mörs, AY Kazansky… - Palaeobiodiversity and …, 2022 - Springer
We report about the Early Miocene Tagay fauna of Olkhon Island, the largest island of the
Baikal Lake. The Tagay fauna is of high scientific importance because of the diversity of …

Geology and lithology of the Tagay-1 section at Olkhon Island (Lake Baikal, Eastern Siberia), and description of Aplodontidae, Mylagaulidae and Sciuridae (Rodentia …

G Daxner-Höck, T Mörs, I Filinov, A Shchetnikov… - Palaeobiodiversity and …, 2022 - Springer
Excavations along the Tagay-1 section shed light into the composition of small mammal
assemblages of the Tagay site. The present paper focuses on the geology and …

The first fossil parrot (Aves, Psittaciformes) from Siberia and its implications for the historical biogeography of Psittaciformes

NV Zelenkov - Biology letters, 2016 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Modern parrots (crown Psittaciformes) are a species-rich group of mostly tropical and
subtropical birds with a very limited fossil record. A partial tarsometatarsus from the late …

A new window to the fossil herpetofauna of India: amphibians and snakes from the Miocene localities of Kutch (Gujarat)

NP Singh, R Patnaik, A Čerňanský, KM Sharma… - Palaeobiodiversity and …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract The Miocene beds of Kutch in India are well known for their mammalian
assemblages including an extinct ape Sivapithecus. We here report new amphibian and …

The Key to Understanding the European Miocene Chalcides (Squamata, Scincidae) Comes from Asia: The Lizards of the East Siberian Tagay Locality (Baikal Lake) …

A ČerŇanský, EV Syromyatnikova… - The Anatomical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The early middle Miocene (MN 5) lizards from the East Siberian Tagay locality (Baikal Lake,
Russia) in Asia are described here. The lizard fauna consists of two clades, Lacertidae and …

Small Ducks (Aves: Anatidae) from the Early–Middle Miocene of Eurasia. Part 2. The Fauna of Tagay Locality (Baikal Region; Eastern Siberia)

NV Zelenkov - Paleontological Journal, 2023 - Springer
Remains of small ducks are described from the boundary Early–Middle Miocene deposits of
Tagay (Baikal Region), the only locality in Asia with a representative bird fauna from the …

The middle Miocene duck Chenoanas (Aves, Anatidae): new species, phylogeny and geographical range

NV Zelenkov, TA Stidham… - Papers in …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
A notable reorganization of the waterfowl communities apparently took place across Eurasia
during the middle to early late Miocene, when primitive and extinct anatid taxa (eg Mionetta) …

New species of Ballusia Ginsburg and Morales, 1998 (Ursidae, Carnivora) from Miocene of Eastern Siberia, Russia

M Sotnikova, A Klementiev, A Sizov, A Tesakov - Historical Biology, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
The new basal ursine bear, Ballusia zhegalloi n. sp., is described from the Early Miocene
Tagay 1 locality (Baikal region, Russia) based on isolated M1. Previously described …

Sediment geochemistry of the section Tagay-1 at Olkhon Island (Lake Baikal, Eastern Siberia): a contribution to palaeoenvironmental interpretations

VV Ivanova, AA Shchetnikov, S Kiel - Palaeobiodiversity and …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract The Miocene Tagay section in the north-western part of Olkhon Island, Lake Baikal,
provides a unique window into past life in northern Asia. To aid palaeoenvironmental …

Material and Localities

NV Zelenkov - Paleontological Journal, 2024 - Springer
This chapter describes the main localities of fossil Eurasian coturnicines (Aves:
Phasianidae: Coturnicini). The age and fauna of the Sansan locality (Middle Miocene; …