Where: Mongolia (43.6° N, 109.6° E: paleocoordinates 45.0° N, 103.3° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Middle Eocene (47.8 - 37.7 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collected by Mongolian Academy of Sciences and American Museum of Natural History in 1981-1983 and 1991-1992
Collection methods: bulk,
Primary reference: D. Dashzeveg and J. Meng. 1998. New Eocene ctenodactyloid rodents from the Eastern Gobi Desert of Mongolia and a phylogenetic analysis of ctenodactyloids based on dental features. American Museum Novitates 3246 :1-20 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 174909: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 30.11.2015
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia | |
Gobiolagus sp. Burke 1941 rabbit | |
Yuomys sp. Li 1975 rodent | |
Mergenomys orientalis n. gen. n. sp.
Mergenomys orientalis n. gen. n. sp. Dashzeveg and Meng 1998 rodent PSS 41/43 - holotype; referred material: PSS 41/23
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Breviodon minutus odd-toed ungulate | |
Triplopus mergenensis n. sp.1 Dashzeveg 1991 odd-toed ungulate PSS 41-1 - type; referred material: PSS 41-2
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"Irdinolophus mongoliensis" = Desmatotherium mongoliense2
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Zaraalestes sp. Storch and Dashzeveg 1997 placental |