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Ther10 1 31 34 Obituary.P65 Russian J. Theriol. 10(1): 3134 © RUSSIAN JOURNAL OF THERIOLOGY, 2011 Obituary Lyubov Anatolievna Tyutkova (1957 2011) [Òþòüêîâà, Tyutkova, Tjutkova, Tyutkova, Tutkova] Earlier this year we have prematurely lost Lyuba successive Early Pleistocene faunas of southeastern Tyutkova, the mammalian paleontologist who studied Kazakhstan (Kiikbai, Adyrgan, Kopaly). She described Late Cenozoic small mammals of Central Asia in the a strongly hypsodont mimomyine vole Mimomys Institute of Zoology, Almaty, Kazakhstan. (Tcharinomys) haplodentatus, a probable direct ances- Lyubov Anatolievna Tyutkova was born on 13th of tor of Allophaiomys voles, and peculiar Central Asian February, 1957 in the Kzyl-Orda Region of Kazakh- clethrionomyine vole Clethrionomys mirus (both co- stan. After the secondary school she worked as a labo- authored with P.Savinov); primitive mole vole Ellobius ratory assistant and in parallel entered the extra-mural tsharynensis; and species of murids, cricetides, and course of the Biological Faculty of the Kazakhstan ochotonids (see the species list below). State University named after S.M. Kirov (currently Since 1994 L. Tyutkova studied Oligo-Miocene named after Al-Farabi) in Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan. Lyu- rodent and lagomorph fauna of Kazakhstan in the frame- ba defended her course and graduate theses under the work of the Kazakhstan-American joint scientific project guidance of Dr. Pavel F. Savinov. After the graduation headed by P. Tleuberdina and R. Emry. Tyutkova de- from the University in 1980, Lyuba Tyutkova entered scribed several new genera and species of tachyoryc- the Laboratory of Paleobiology in the Institute of Zool- toids, cricetids, sciurids, and eomyids. ogy of the Academy of Sciences of the Kazakh Soviet Since 1976 Lyuba annually worked in the field. In Socialist Republic (since 1990s, Institute of Zoology of 19931996 she took part in the Kazakhstan-American Ministry of Education and Science of Kazakhstan Re- expedition to Zaysan Basin known by rich localities of public). In the laboratory Lyuba studied Pliocene and Paleogene vertebrates, especially mammals. Twice she Quaternary lagomorphs and rodents under the guidance visited the Smithsonian Institution (Washington DC) of Savinov. In 1980s Lyuba had two traineeship pro- for the joint studies of Paleogene and Miocene ro- grams curated by Professor Igor Mikhailovich Gromov dents. in the Zoological Institute of the USSR Academy of Lyuba was a frequent and active participant of sci- Sciences in Leningrad. In 1990 Tyutkova defended the entific conferences in countries of the former Soviet doctoral thesis (candidate of biological sciences) Late Union, Europe, and North America. During her profes- Pliocene lagomorphs and rodents of Southeastern Ka- sional carrier in the Institute of Zoology she published zakhstan. more than 60 scientific works (see the list below). Among most important achievements of L.Tyutkova Tyutkovas data on Late Cenozoic mammal support is the study of Plio-Pleistocene small mammals from high resolution of stratigraphic schemes of Kazakhstan. 32 Obituary Tyutkova described a number of new species and Lagomorpha genera of small mammals from the Oligocene to Qua- Zaysanolagus Tyutkova et al., 2003: 361. [nomen ternary of Central Asia. nudum] Lyuba was a devoted paleozoologist with a diverse Cricetidae, Rodentia: range of scientific interests. She never lost an acute Gobicricetodon natalia[e] sp. nov. Tyutkova, 2008: interest in fossil small mammals and was open and 438, fig.2, 14. sincere personality and colleague. Ctenodactyloidae, Rodentia In autumn of 2010 following a car accident Lyuba Yindirtemys minimus sp. nov. Tyutkova, 2009: 42, got severe lever problems and subsequently died on fig. 1 zh. April 23 of 2011. Her colleagues, friends, and relatives Sciuridae, Rodentia will always remember Lyuba as a high-spirited, cheer- Sinotamias maximus Tyutkova sp. nov., 2009: 44, ful, and very kind person. fig.1 nu. Eomyidae, Rodentia P. Tleuberdina, A. Tesakov, G. Nazymbetova Pseudotheridomys emry[i] Tyutkova sp. nov., 2009: 47, fig. 1 A, B. Rhodanomys bayshashovi sp. nov., 2009: 48, fig. Taxa described by L.A. Tyutkova 1 V. Arvicolinae, Cricetidae, Rodentia: Taxa described in honour of L.A. Tyut- Mimomys (Tcharinomys) haplodentatus subgen. et kova sp. nov. Savinov et Tutkova, 1987: in Kozhamkulova et al. 1987, p.98, pls. VVI. Asiadidelphis tjutkovae Emry, Lucas, Szalay et Tleu- Clethrionomys mirus sp. nov. Savinov et Tutkova, berdina, 1995 1987: in Kozhamkulova et al. 1987, 91, pls. IIIII. Emry R.J., Lucas S.G., Szalay F.S. & Tleuberdina P.A. 1995. Ellobius tsharynensis sp. nov. Tjutkova 1989: 124, A new herpetotherine didelphid (Marsupialia) from the fig. 1. Oligocene of Central Asia // Journal of Vertebrate Pale- Ochotonidae, Lagomorpha: ontology. Vol.15. No.4. P. 850854. Ochotonoides progressivus sp. nov. Tjutkova, 1992: 89, fig. 1 a, b. Main publications of L.A. Tyutkova Cricetidae, Rodentia: Phodopus minutus sp. nov. Tjutkova, 1992: 91, fig. 1 g. Savinov P.F. & Tyutkova L.A. 1982. [Middle Pleistocene Ochotonidae, Lagomorpha: rodents from the piedmonts of the Zaily Alatau Mts] // VINITI, dep. no. 634-82, Alma-Ata, 25 p. [in Russian]. Bohlinotona kalkamanensis sp. nov. Tjutkova, 1993: Galkina L.I. & Tyutkova L.A. 1986. [The Late Pleistocene 139, pl. XV, g. steppe marmot, Marmota bobac Müller, from the lem- Muridae, Rodentia: ming fauna of the middle reaches of the Desna River] // Orientalomys adirganus sp. nov. Tjutkova, 1993: Trudy Zoologicheskogo Instituta AN SSSR. T.156. 162, pl. VIII. P.143156 [in Russian, English summary]. Eomyidae, Rodentia: Tyutkova L.A. 1986. [Late Pleistocene rodents of the mid- Symplokeomys zaysanicus gen. et sp. nov. Emry, dle reaches of the Desna River] // VI all-Union confer- Wang, Tjutkova et Lucas, 1997: ence for the study of the Quaternary. Kishinev. P.264 [in Cylindrodontidae, Rodentia: Russian]. Polinaomys shintuzsaensis sp. nov. Tjutkova, 1997: Kozhamkulova B.S., Savinov P.F., Tyutkova L.A. & Pak 97. T.T. 1987. [Pliocene mammals from the Aktogay locali- Cricetidae, Rodentia: ty] // Materialy po Istorii Fauny i Flory Kazakhstana. Pappocricetodon kazakstanicus sp. nov. Emry, Tyut- T.9. P.82120 [in Russian]. kova, Wang et Lucas, 1998: 222, fig.4. Tyutkova L.A. 1988. [Concerning the presence of the yel- Zhungaromys gromovi gen. et sp. nov. Emry, Tyut- low steppe lemming in the composition of the Holocene kova, Wang et Lucas, 1998: 222, fig.5. microtheriofauna of southeastern Kazakhstan] // Izv. Tachyoryctoidinae, Rodentia: Akad. Nauk Kaz. SSR, Ser. Biol. No.5. P.8587 [in Ayakozomys sergiopolis gen. et sp. nov. Tyutkova, Russian]. 2000: 67, figs. 12, 3: v, g. Tyutkova L.A. 1988. [New data on Late Pliocene fauna of Aralomys padre sp. nov. Tyutkova, 2000: 70, fig. 3: small mammals from Aktogai locality]. Materialy po g, d. Istorii Fauny i Flory Kazakhstana. T.10. P.8393 [in Tachyoryctoidinae, Rodentia: Russian]. Rhinoceromys savinovi gen. et sp. nov. Tyutkova, Tyutkova L.A. 1988. Concerning Clethrionomys mirus Savi- 2005: 57, fig. 1. nov et Tutkova, 1987 as a component of the Late Pliocene [= Cricetidae, Cricetodontinae, Rhinocerodon pauli rodent fauna of eastern Kazakhstan // Materialy po Istorii Zazhigin, 2003: Russ. J. Theriol. Vol.2. No.2. P.6569] Fauny i Flory Kazakhstana. T.10. P.9498 [in Russian]. Obituary 33 Tyutkova L.A. 1989. [Concerning the history of the Tcharyn Emry R.J., Tjutkova L.A., Wang B.-y. & Lucas S.G. 1995. small mammal (southeastern Kazakhstan)] // Materials The Ergilian-Shandgolian (Eocene-Oligocene) transition of I all-Union conference on paleotheriology. 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