Ulantatal (UTL1) (Oligocene of China)

Also known as Ulan I

Where: Nei Mongol, China (39.2° N, 105.6° E: paleocoordinates 39.9° N, 101.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Ulantatal Formation, Early/Lower Oligocene (33.9 - 28.4 Ma)

• Ulan I (late Early Oligocene)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; siltstone and claystone

• Siltstones and claystones

Size class: mesofossils

Collected in 1987; reposited in the IVPP

Primary reference: H. Gomes Rodrigues, L. Marivaux, and M. Vianey-Liaud. 2012. The Cricetidae (Rodentia, Mammalia) from the Ulantatal area (Inner Mongolia, China): New data concerning the evolution of Asian cricetids during the Oligocene. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 56:160-179 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 175406: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 11.12.2015

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Rodentia - Ctenodactylidae
Huangomys frequens1 Schmidt-Kittler et al. 2007 gundi
Yindirtemys ulantatalensis4 Huang 1985 gundi
Yindirtemys shevyrevae4 Vianey-Liaud et al. 2006 gundi
Ctenodactylinae "n. gen."4 Hinton 1933 gundi
Helanshania deserta n. gen. n. sp.3 Vianey-Liaud et al. 2010 gundi
UTL1-50 - holotype (tooth); UTL1-51 - paratype
Karakoromys decessus4 Matthew and Granger 1923 gundi
Alashania tengkoliensis n. gen. n. sp.4 Vianey-Liaud et al. 2006 gundi
UTL1-24 - holotype
Tataromys sigmodon4 Matthew and Granger 1923 gundi
Tataromys plicidens4 Matthew and Granger 1923 gundi
Tataromys minor4 Huang 1985 gundi
 Rodentia - Dipodidae
Bohlinosminthus parvulus1 Bohlin 1946 rodent
Parasminthus tangingoli1 Bohlin 1946 rodent
Parasminthus asiaecentralis1 Bohlin 1946 rodent
Heosminthus sp.1 Wang 1985 rodent
 Rodentia - Zapodidae
? Gobiosminthus sp.1 Huang 1992 jumping mouse
Gobiosminthus qiui1 Huang 1992 jumping mouse
Shamosminthus tongi1 Huang 1992 jumping mouse
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Eucricetodon "sp. 1" Thaler 1966 mouse
IVPP V17646.1
Eucricetodon bagus Gomes Rodrigues et al. 2012 mouse
IVPP V17637
Eucricetodon jilantaiensis Gomes Rodrigues et al. 2012 mouse
IVPP V17630
Eucricetodon asiaticus Matthew and Granger 1923 mouse
IVPP V17623
Argyromys cicigei2 López-Guerrero et al. 2017 mouse
IVPP V17652.1
 Rodentia - Cylindrodontidae
Anomoemys lohiculus1 Matthew and Granger 1923 rodent
IVPP V17669.1-18