Also known as Chalicothere pit

Where: Nei Mongol, China (40.0° N, 111.0° E: paleocoordinates 40.6° N, 103.2° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Arshanto Formation, Early/Lower Eocene (55.8 - 48.6 Ma)

• late early Eocene; Lower part of the Arshanto Formation

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the IVPP

Primary reference: J. Meng, C. Li, X. Ni, Y. Wang, and K. C. Beard. 2007. A new Eocene rodent from the Lower Arshanto Formation in the Nuhetingboerhe (Camp Margetts) area, Inner Mongolia. American Museum Novitates 3569:1-18 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 75275: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 03.10.2007, edited by Philip Mannion

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