Wulanhuxiu - layer 4 (Eocene of Mongolia)

Also known as Chimney Butte; 8 miles north of Tukhum

Where: Mongolia (42.5° N, 111.0° E: paleocoordinates 43.5° N, 104.4° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Ulan Shireh Formation, Irdinmanhan (56.0 - 37.7 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; green, red, white mudstone

• Mudstone that is greenish in the upper part of the layer, red below and green-white at the very bottom

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Reposited in the IVPP

Collection methods: bulk, surface (in situ),

Primary reference: Q. Li, Y.-Q. Wang, and L. Fostowicz-Frelik. 2016. Small mammal fauna from Wulanhuxiu (Nei Mongol, China) implies the Irdinmanhan–Sharamurunian (Eocene) faunal turnover. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 61(4):759-776 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 182485: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 02.11.2016

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Heleletidae indet., Erenlagus anielae
Erenlagus anielae
IVPP V20260 and V20258
Mammalia
 Cimolesta - Pantolambdodontidae
Pantolambdodon sp.
Pantolambdodon sp. Granger and Gregory 1934 pantodont
 Creodonta -
Creodonta indet.
 Perissodactyla - Lophialetidae
? Lophialetes sp., Schlosseria sp.
? Lophialetes sp. Matthew and Granger 1925 odd-toed ungulate
Schlosseria sp. Matthew and Granger 1926 odd-toed ungulate
 Perissodactyla -
Breviodon sp.
Breviodon sp. Radinsky 1965 odd-toed ungulate
 Perissodactyla - Hyracodontidae
Rhodopagus sp.
Rhodopagus sp. Radinsky 1965 odd-toed ungulate
 Perissodactyla - Deperetellidae
Deperetellidae indet.
Deperetellidae indet. Radinsky 1965 odd-toed ungulate
 Perissodactyla - Tapiridae
Teleolophus sp.
Teleolophus sp. Matthew and Granger 1925 tapir
 Artiodactyla - Helohyidae
Gobiohyus sp.
Gobiohyus sp. Matthew and Granger 1925 even-toed ungulate
 Anagalida - Anagalidae
Anagalidae indet.
Anagalidae indet. Simpson 1931 placental
IVPP V20825
 Glires - Mimotonidae
Gomphos progressus n. sp., Mimolagus aurorae
Gomphos progressus n. sp. Li et al. 2016 placental
IVPP V20259 - type
Mimolagus aurorae Fostowicz-Frelik et al. 2015 placental
IVPP V20826
 Lagomorpha -
Strenulagus solaris
Strenulagus solaris Lopatin and Averianov 2006 placental
IVPP V20256 and V20264
 Rodentia -
Yuomys sp.
Yuomys sp. Li 1975 rodent
IVPP V20829
 Rodentia - Paramyidae
Asiomys dawsoni
Asiomys dawsoni Qi 1987 rodent
IVPP V20828