Tung Gur (SSPE): Middle Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene, China
collected by SSPE 1959
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Testudines
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Chelonia indet.
(Latreille 1800)
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| synonym of Testudines | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Mammutidae
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Mastodontidae indet.
(Gray 1821)
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= Zygolophodon sp.
Vacek 1877
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Qiu 1990 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Gomphotheriidae
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Proboscidea indet.
Illiger 1811
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| "shovel-tusked proboscideans" | ||||||||||
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= Platybelodon grangeri
Osborn 1929
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Qiu 1990 | |||||||||
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Serridentinus gobiensis
Osborn and Granger 1932
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Qiu 1990 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Ursidae
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Hemicyon teilhardi
Colbert 1939
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Qiu 1990 | |||||||||
| recombined as Plithocyon teilhardi | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Mustelidae
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Mionictis sp.
Matthew 1924
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Qiu 1990 | |||||||||
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Leptarctus neimonguensis
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Qiu 1990 | |||||||||
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Martes sp.
Frisch 1775
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Qiu 1990 | |||||||||
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Melodon sp.
Zdansky 1924
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Qiu 1990 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Amphicyonidae
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Amphicyon tairumensis
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Qiu 1990 | |||||||||
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Pseudarctos sp.
Schlosser 1899
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Qiu 1990 | |||||||||
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Carnivora indet.
Bowdich 1821
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= Gobicyon macrognathus
Colbert 1939
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Qiu 1990 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Percrocutidae
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Percrocuta tungurensis
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Qiu 1990 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Hyaenidae
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Tungurictis spocki
Colbert 1939
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Qiu 1990 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Felidae
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Metailurus mongoliensis
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Qiu 1990 | |||||||||
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Machairodus sp.
Kaup 1833
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Qiu 1990 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Anchitherium gobiensis
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Qiu 1990 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Chalicotheriidae
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Chalicotherium brevirostris
(Colbert 1934)
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Qiu 1990 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Rhinocerotidae indet.
Gray 1821
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14 specimens | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Suidae
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Kubanochoerus sp.
Gabunia 1955
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Qiu 1990 | |||||||||
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Listriodon mongoliensis
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Qiu 1990 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Moschidae
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Micromeryx sp.
Lartet 1851
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Qiu 1990 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Euprox sp.
Stehlin 1928
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Qiu 1990 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Giraffidae
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Palaeotragus tungurensis
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Qiu 1990 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Lagomerycidae
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Stephanocemas thomsoni
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Qiu 1990 | |||||||||
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Lagomeryx triacuminatus
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Qiu 1990 | |||||||||
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Cervidae indet.
Gray 1821
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= Dicrocerus sp.
Lartet 1837
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Qiu 1990 | |||||||||
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Dicrocerus grangeri
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Qiu 1990 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Bovidae indet.
Gray 1821
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| "antelopes" | ||||||||||
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= Oioceros grangeri
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Qiu 1990 | |||||||||
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"Oioceros" noverca
Pilgrim 1934
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Qiu 1990 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Castoridae
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Castoridae indet.
Gray 1821
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Geography
| Country: | China | State/province: | Nei Mongol |
| Coordinates: | 43.6° North, 112.7° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 43.7° North, 111.0° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| *Period: | Middle Tertiary | *Epoch: | Middle Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene |
| Key time interval: | Middle Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 15.98000 - 5.33300 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Xianshuihe |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | red sandstone |
| Secondary lithology: | pebbly,red mudstone |
| Lithology description: "The lower section is 217 m of orange-red, brick red quartz sands grading to fine sands that unconformably overlie the Qingshuiying Fm. The upper section is 55 m of light red, orange-red gravelly mudstones grading to quartz sandstones and calcareous concretions." | |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Associated major elements: | some |
| Disassociated major elements: | some |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Collectors: | SSPE | Collection dates: | 1959 |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Tunggur | ||
| Database number: | 28781 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano, A. Turner | Enterer: | M. Carrano, H. O'Regan |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2003-02-24 17:06:32 | Last modified: | 2010-11-08 12:32:41 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2003-02-24 17:06:32 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 7905. | M. Chow and A. K. Rozhdestvensky. 1960. Exploration in Inner Mongolia: a preliminary account of the 1959 field work of the Sino-Soviet Paleontological Expedition (SSPE). Vertebrata PalAsiatica 4(1):1-10 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 11208 | PACED | Z. Qiu. 1990. The Chinese Neogene mammalian biochronology - its correlation with the European Neogene mammal zonation. In E.H. Lindsay, V. Fahlbusch and P. Mein, eds., European Neogene Mammal Chronology. Plenum Press, New York. 527-556 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan] |