Khaichin Ula III (Eocene of Mongolia)

Also known as Haichin Ula; Khaychin-Ula 3; Khaychin Ula

Where: Ovorhangai, Mongolia (43.7° N, 99.9° E: paleocoordinates 44.5° N, 93.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Khaychin Formation, Middle Eocene (47.8 - 37.7 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collected by V. Yu. Reshetov (PIN, Joint Soviet–Mongolian Paleontological Expedition) in 1973; reposited in the PIN

Primary reference: A. V. Lopatin and A. O. Averianov. 2006. Eocene Lagomorpha (Mammalia) of Asia: 2. Strenulagus and Gobiolagus (Strenulagidae). Paleontological Journal 40(2):198-206 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 174740: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 26.11.2015

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Lophialetidae
Lophialetes expeditus1
Lophialetes expeditus1 Matthew and Granger 1925 odd-toed ungulate
Described by Reshetov (1979)
 Theriamorpha - Erinaceidae
Microgalericulus esuriens n. gen. n. sp.2
Microgalericulus esuriens n. gen. n. sp.2 Lopatin 2006 hedgehog
PIN 3403/300 - holotype
 Lagomorpha -
Strenulagus solaris n. sp.
Strenulagus solaris n. sp. Lopatin and Averianov 2006 placental
PIN, no. 3403/304 - type (left maxilla); referred material: PIN 3403/301-303
 Didymoconida -
Khaichinula lupula2
Khaichinula lupula2 Lopatin 2006 eutherian
PIN 3403/305
1Dashzeveg and Hooker 1997; 2Lopatin 2006