XJ 200114: MN 3, China
collected 2001
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Aksharomys mallos
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Ochotonidae
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Sinolagomys sp.
Bohlin 1937
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Karydomys debruijni n. sp.
Maridet et al. 2011
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Cricetodon sp.
Lartet 1851
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Megacricetodon beijiangensis n. sp.
Maridet et al. 2011
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Eumyarion sp.
Thaler 1966
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Dipodidae
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Litodonomys sp.
Wang and Qiu 2000
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| said to be new; spelt correctly but attributed to Loomis 1914, who actually named Litodontomys | ||||||||||
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Protalactaga shevyrevae
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Heterosminthus sp.
Schaub 1930
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| said to be new | ||||||||||
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Heterosminthus mongoliensis
Zazhigin and Lopatin 2000
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Sciuridae
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Atlantoxerus sp.
Major 1893
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| said to be new | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Mustelidae
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Mustelidae indet.
Fischer 1817
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Mammalia
- Soricidae
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Soricidae indet.
Fischer 1814
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Mammalia
- Erinaceidae
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Galericini indet.
Pomel 1848
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| said to be a new genus | ||||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | China | State/province: | Xinjiang | County: | Fuhai |
| Coordinates: | 46.3° North, 88.0° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 47.0° North, 87.1° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| Stage: | Burdigalian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 |
| Key time interval: | MN 3 | ||
| Age range of interval: | 20.00000 - 16.90000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Suosuoquan | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: from "probably the middle or upper part of the formation" and "probably equivalent to the MN3 biozone" |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | bulk,sieve,field collection |
| Rock censused: | 3500 kg |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | IVPP | Collection dates: | 2001 |
| Collection method comments: site was discovered in 2001; "about 3.5 tons of... matrix" was screenwashed | |
| Taxonomic list comments:only cricetid rodents are described, but all other mammals are listed | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Ulungur River | ||
| Database number: | 125716 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2012-03-18 14:03:47 | Last modified: | 2012-03-17 22:03:47 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2012-03-18 14:03:47 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 40824. | O. Maridet, W.-Y. Wu, J. Ye, S.-D. Bi, X.-J. Ni and J. Meng. 2011. Early Miocene cricetids (Rodentia) from the Junggar basin (Xinjiang, China) and their biochronological implications. Geobios 44(5):445-459 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |