Ulantatal (UTL8) (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 175412: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 11.12.2015

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Witenia yolua Gomes Rodrigues et al. 2012 mouse
IVPP V 17657.1
Plesiodipus wangae Gomes Rodrigues et al. 2012 mouse
IVPP V17651.1
Eucricetodon jilantaiensis Gomes Rodrigues et al. 2012 mouse
IVPP V17636
Eucricetodon asiaticus Matthew and Granger 1923 mouse
IVPP V17629
Eucricetodon bagus Gomes Rodrigues et al. 2012 mouse
IVPP V17643
 Rodentia - Zapodidae
Shamosminthus tongi n. gen. n. sp.2
Shamosminthus tongi n. gen. n. sp.2 Huang 1992 jumping mouse
IVPP V10315 - holotype
 Rodentia - Dipodidae
Parasminthus asiaecentralis2 Bohlin 1946 rodent
IVPP V10137
Parasminthus tangingoli2 Bohlin 1946 rodent
IVPP V10157
"Parasminthus parvulus" = Bohlinosminthus parvulus2 Bohlin 1946 rodent
IVPP V10164
 Rodentia - Aplodontidae
Promeniscomys sinensis1 Wang 1987 mountain beaver
Ninamys arboraptus1 Vianey-Liaud et al. 2013 mountain beaver
 Rodentia - Ctenodactylidae
Yindirtemys bohlini3 Huang 1985 gundi
Yindirtemys ulantatalensis3 Huang 1985 gundi
Yindirtemys shevyrevae3 Vianey-Liaud et al. 2006 gundi
Yindirtemys deflexus3 Teilhard de Chardin 1926 gundi
Huangomys frequens1 Schmidt-Kittler et al. 2007 gundi
Tataromyinae "n. sp, 3"3 Lavocat 1961 gundi
Tataromyinae "n. sp, 4"3 Lavocat 1961 gundi
Alashania tengkoliensis3 Vianey-Liaud et al. 2006 gundi
Tataromys sigmodon3 Matthew and Granger 1923 gundi