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The Bashkir Shikhans of Toratau, Kushtau and Yurak

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  • Tikhon Puliaev
The Bashkir Shikhans: Toratau, Yuraktau and Kushtau are isolated mountains consisting of exposed Permian reefs, with marine Palaeontological remains. Its fossils are unique because elsewhere, relict forms survived.

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The Bashkir Shikhans of Toratau, Kushtau and Yuraktau (ID: 6626)
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Nominated 2026 Site history
History of The Bashkir Shikhans of Toratau, Kushtau and Yurak
2022: Added to Tentative List
Added to tentative list
2024: Postponed
Because of 2 nominations by Russia in the same year
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  • Paleontology: Non-hominid fossils
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