Wulanhuxiu - layer 2 (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, Sharamurunian (56.0 - 37.7 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; green, white mudstone

• White mudstone, which become greenish towards the 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 182486: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 02.11.2016

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Gobiolagus aliwusuensis Fostowicz-Frelik et al. 2012 rabbit
IVPP V20257, V20262, V20263, V20265
 Rodentia - Gobiomyidae
Gobiomys exiguus Wang 2001 rodent
IVPP V20827
 Acreodi - Mesonychidae
Mesonychidae indet. Cope 1875 condylarth
 Perissodactyla - Tapiridae
Teleolophus sp. Matthew and Granger 1925 tapir
 Creodonta -