Ulantatal (UTL6) (Oligocene of China)

Also known as Ulan III

Where: Nei Mongol, China (39.2° N, 105.6° E: paleocoordinates 39.5° N, 102.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Ulantatal Formation, Late/Upper Oligocene (28.4 - 23.0 Ma)

• Ulan III (late Oligocene)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; conglomerate and sandstone

• Conglomerates, sandstones and siltstones

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 175410: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 11.12.2015

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Rodentia - Dipodidae
Litodonomys huangheensis1 Wang and Qiu 2000 rodent
IVPP V17663.1-2
"Parasminthus parvulus" = Bohlinosminthus parvulus2 Bohlin 1946 rodent
IVPP V10161
Parasminthus tangingoli2 Bohlin 1946 rodent
IVPP V10154
Parasminthus asiaecentralis2 Bohlin 1946 rodent
IVPP V10134
 Rodentia - Zapodidae
? Gobiosminthus sp.2 Huang 1992 jumping mouse
IVPP V10311
 Rodentia - Muridae
Tachyoryctoidinae indet. Schaub 1958 mouse
IVPP V17662.1
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Eucricetodon jilantaiensis Gomes Rodrigues et al. 2012 mouse
IVPP V17635
Eucricetodon asiaticus Matthew and Granger 1923 mouse
IVPP V17628
Eucricetodon bagus Gomes Rodrigues et al. 2012 mouse
IVPP V17642
Bagacricetodon tongi n. gen. n. sp. Gomes Rodrigues et al. 2012 mouse
IVPP V17649.1 - type
Plesiodipus wangae n. sp. Gomes Rodrigues et al. 2012 mouse
IVPP V17650.1 - type
 Rodentia - Eomyidae
Asianeomys sp.1 Wu et al. 2006 rodent
IVPP V17671.1-2
 Rodentia - Ctenodactylidae
Yindirtemys deflexus3 Teilhard de Chardin 1926 gundi
Yindirtemys ulantatalensis3 Huang 1985 gundi
Yindirtemys bohlini3 Huang 1985 gundi
Yindirtemys shevyrevae3 Vianey-Liaud et al. 2006 gundi
Yindirtemys aff. shevyrevae3 Vianey-Liaud et al. 2006 gundi
Tataromyinae "n. sp. 3"3 Lavocat 1961 gundi
Tataromys minor3 Huang 1985 gundi