Bilike: Early/Lower Pliocene, China

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae
Ochotona minor
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Trischizolagus mirificus n. sp. Qiu and Storch 2000
Mammalia - Rodentia - Zapodidae
Sicista sp. Gray 1827
Sicista wangi n. sp. Qiu and Storch 2000
Mammalia - Rodentia - Dipodidae
Sminthoides fraudator Schlosser 1924
Paralactaga suni Teilhard de Jardin and Young 1927
Sinozapus volkeri n. gen., n. sp. Qiu and Storch 2000
Brachyscirtetes cf. robustus Savinov 1970
Lophocricetus pusillus Schaub 1934
Lophocricetus grabaui Schlosser 1924
Mammalia - Rodentia - Muridae
Apodemus sp. Kaup 1829
Apodemus lii n. sp. Qiu and Storch 2000
Pseudomeriones abbreviatus (Teilhard 1926)
Huaxiamys sp. Wu and Flynn 1992
Micromys kozaniensis van de Weerd 1979
synonym of Micromys bendai
Allorattus engesseri n. gen., n. sp. Qiu and Storch 2000
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Microtodon cf. atavus (Schlosser 1924)
Sinocricetus progressus n. sp. Qiu and Storch 2000
Kowalskia cf. similis Wu 1991
Kowalskia zhengi n. sp. Qiu and Storch 2000
Anatolomys cf. teilhardi Schaub 1934
Aratomys bilikeensis n. sp. Qiu and Storch 2000
Chardinomys bilikeensis n. sp. Qiu and Storch 2000
Nannocricetus mongolicus Schaub 1934
Mammalia - Rodentia - Siphneidae
Prosiphneus cf. eriksoni
Mammalia - Rodentia - Gliridae
Myomimus sinensis Wu 1985
Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Tamiasciurus cf. yusheensis
Eutamias ertemtensis Qiu 1991
Atlantoxerus sp. Major 1893
Prospermophilus n. gen. orientalis (Qiu 1991)
Mammalia - Rodentia - Castoridae
Castor anderssoni (Schlosser 1924)
Mammalia - Erinaceidae
Erinaceus mongolicus Schlosser 1924
Mammalia - Talpidae
Yanshuella primaeva (Schlosser 1924)
Quyania cf. chowi Storch and Qiu 1983
Desmana sp. Guldenstaedt 1777
Mammalia - Soricidae
Lunanosorex cf. lii Jin and Kawamura 1996
Sorex sp. Linnaeus 1758
Sorex ertemteensis Storch 1995
Sorex pseudoalpinus Rzebik-Kowalska 1991
Sorex minutoides Storch 1995
Petenyia katrinae n. sp. Qiu and Storch 2000
Paenelimnoecus obtusus Storch 1995
Mammalia - Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae
Vespertilio cf. sinensis
Murina sp. Gray 1842
Myotis aff. annectans
Myotis cf. horsfieldii
Myotis sp. Kaup 1829
see common names

Geography
Country:China State/province:Nei Mongol
Coordinates: 41.9° North, 114.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:41.8° North, 113.2° East
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Pliocene
Stage:Zanclean 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Early/Lower Pliocene
Age range of interval:5.33300 - 3.60000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Environment:lacustrine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection size:6500
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:IVPP
Metadata
Database number:75300
Authorizer:L. van den Hoek Ostende Enterer:L. van den Hoek Ostende
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2007-10-06 07:33:26 Last modified:2007-10-06 10:33:26
Access level:the public Released:2007-10-06 07:33:26
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
25440. Z. Qiu and G. Storch. 2000. The early Pliocene Micromammalian Fauna of Bilike, Inner Mongolia, China (Mammalia: Lipotyphla, Chiroptera, Rodentia, Lagomorpha). Senckenbergiana lethaea 80(1):173-229 [L. van den Hoek Ostende/L. van den Hoek Ostende]