Where: Nei Mongol, China (41.9° N, 114.0° E: paleocoordinates 41.8° N, 113.2° E)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: Early/Lower Pliocene (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)
Environment/lithology: lacustrineunlithified, silty
Size class: mesofossils
Reposited in the IVPP
Primary reference: 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]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 75300: authorized by Lars van den Hoek Ostende, entered by Lars van den Hoek Ostende on 06.10.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Desmana sp. Guldenstaedt 1777 Russian desman
Quyania cf. chowi Storch and Qiu 1983 mole
Yanshuella primaeva Schlosser 1924 mole | |
Lunanosorex cf. lii, Paenelimnoecus obtusus, Petenyia katrinae n. sp., Sorex sp., Sorex pseudoalpinus, Sorex minutoides, Sorex ertemteensis
Lunanosorex cf. lii Jin and Kawamura 1996 shrew
Paenelimnoecus obtusus Storch 1995 red-toothed shrew
Petenyia katrinae n. sp. Qiu and Storch 2000 red-toothed shrew
Sorex sp. Linnaeus 1758 long-tailed shrew
Sorex pseudoalpinus Rzebik-Kowalska 1991 long-tailed shrew
Sorex minutoides Storch 1995 long-tailed shrew
Sorex ertemteensis Storch 1995 long-tailed shrew | |
Erinaceus mongolicus Schlosser 1924 hedgehog | |
Prosiphneus cf. eriksoni rodent | |
Microtodon cf. atavus, Chardinomys bilikeensis n. sp., Kowalskia cf. similis, Kowalskia zhengi n. sp., Anatolomys cf. teilhardi, Aratomys bilikeensis n. sp., Nannocricetus mongolicus, Sinocricetus progressus n. sp.
Microtodon cf. atavus Schlosser 1924 mouse
Chardinomys bilikeensis n. sp. Qiu and Storch 2000 mouse
Kowalskia cf. similis Wu 1991 mouse
Kowalskia zhengi n. sp. Qiu and Storch 2000 mouse
Anatolomys cf. teilhardi Schaub 1934 mouse
Aratomys bilikeensis n. sp. Qiu and Storch 2000 mouse
Nannocricetus mongolicus Schaub 1934 mouse
Sinocricetus progressus n. sp. Qiu and Storch 2000 mouse | |
Huaxiamys sp., Allorattus engesseri n. gen. n. sp., Apodemus sp., Apodemus lii n. sp., Pseudomeriones abbreviatus, "Micromys kozaniensis" = Micromys bendai
Huaxiamys sp. Wu and Flynn 1992 mouse
Allorattus engesseri n. gen. n. sp. Qiu and Storch 2000 mouse
Apodemus sp. Kaup 1829 Eurasian field mouse
Apodemus lii n. sp. Qiu and Storch 2000 Eurasian field mouse
Pseudomeriones abbreviatus Teilhard 1926 gerbil
"Micromys kozaniensis" = Micromys bendai van de Weerd 1979 harvest mouse | |
Sminthoides fraudator, Brachyscirtetes cf. robustus, Paralactaga suni, Lophocricetus pusillus, Lophocricetus grabaui, Sinozapus volkeri n. gen. n. sp.
Sminthoides fraudator Schlosser 1924 rodent
Brachyscirtetes cf. robustus Savinov 1970 rodent
Paralactaga suni Teilhard de Jardin and Young 1927 rodent
Lophocricetus pusillus Schaub 1934 rodent
Lophocricetus grabaui Schlosser 1924 rodent
Sinozapus volkeri n. gen. n. sp. Qiu and Storch 2000 rodent | |
Sicista sp., Sicista wangi n. sp.
Sicista sp. Gray 1827 birch mouse
Sicista wangi n. sp. Qiu and Storch 2000 birch mouse | |
Castor anderssoni Schlosser 1924 beaver | |
Myomimus sinensis Wu 1985 dormouse | |
Tamiasciurus cf. yusheensis, Prospermophilus orientalis n. gen., Eutamias ertemtensis, Atlantoxerus sp.
Tamiasciurus cf. yusheensis squirrel
Prospermophilus orientalis n. gen. Qiu 1991 squirrel
Eutamias ertemtensis Qiu 1991 chipmunk
Atlantoxerus sp. Major 1893 squirrel | |
Ochotona minor pika | |
Trischizolagus mirificus n. sp.
Trischizolagus mirificus n. sp. Qiu and Storch 2000 rabbit | |
Vespertilio cf. sinensis vesper bat
Myotis aff. annectans vesper bat
Myotis cf. horsfieldii vesper bat
Myotis sp. Kaup 1829 vesper bat
Murina sp. Gray 1842 vesper bat |