Saint-Jacques (IVPP Loc. 77049.2) (Oligocene of China)

Also known as Saint Jacques; Dengkou

Where: Nei Mongol, China (40.3° N, 107.0° E: paleocoordinates 41.0° N, 103.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Wulanbulage Formation, Early/Lower Oligocene (33.9 - 28.4 Ma)

• Upper member of Wulanbulage Fm

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: mesofossils

Collected in 1986; reposited in the IVPP

Primary reference: B. Wang and R. J. Emry. 1991. Eomyidae (Rodentia: Mammalia) from the Oligocene of Nei Mongol, China. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 11(3):370-377 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 175253: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 08.12.2015

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Rodentia - Eomyidae
Eomys orientalis n. sp. Wang and Emry 1991 rodent
IVPP V9554 - type; referred material: IVPP V9552, 9553, 9554-9558
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Eucricetodon caducus2 Shevyreva 1967 mouse
IVPP V 8423
Cricetops dormitor2 Matthew and Granger 1923 mouse
IVPP V 8419
Selenomys mimicus2 Matthew and Granger 1923 mouse
IVPP V 8428
 Rodentia - Allomyidae
Haplomys arboraptus1 Shevyreva 1966 rodent
IVPP V 7958