IVPP Loc. 78018 (Oligocene of China)

Also known as Qianlishan District; south of Yikebulage Brigade; 8 km southeast of Taositu Railway Station

Where: Nei Mongol, China (39.7° N, 106.7° E: paleocoordinates 40.3° N, 102.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• From the top of the upper member of the Wulanbulage Formation

• 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 175255: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 08.12.2015

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Rodentia - Eomyidae
Eomyodon sp. Engesser 1987 rodent
IVPP V9561
Eomys orientalis Wang and Emry 1991 rodent
IVPP V9559 and 9560
 Perissodactyla - Paraceratheriidae
Paraceratherium lepidum Xu and Wang 1978 odd-toed ungulate
IVPP V 3305
Dzungariotherium turfanensis Xu and Wang 1978 odd-toed ungulate
IVPP V 3304