Abstract We report about the Early Miocene Tagay fauna of Olkhon Island, largest island Baikal Lake. The is high scientific importance because diversity fishes, amphibians, lizards, snakes, turtles, manifold birds and mammals. lithology, geochemistry fossil record along Tagay-1 section allow reconstruction various palaeoenvironments, i.e. open water, shallow lakes with adjacent wetlands, riveri...