Also known as Ulungur River
Where: Xinjiang, China (46.3° N, 88.0° E: paleocoordinates 47.0° N, 87.1° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Suosuoquan Formation, MN 3 (20.0 - 16.9 Ma)
• from "probably the middle or upper part of the formation" and "probably equivalent to the MN3 biozone"
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: mesofossils
Collected in 2001; reposited in the IVPP
Collection methods: bulk, sieve,
• site was discovered in 2001; "about 3.5 tons of... matrix" was screenwashed
Primary reference: O. Maridet, W.-Y. Wu, J. Ye, S.-D. Bi, X.-J. Ni and J. Meng. 2011. Early Miocene cricetids (Rodentia) from the Junggar basin (Xinjiang, China) and their biochronological implications. Geobios 44(5):445-459 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 125716: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.03.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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| Mammalia | |
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Mustelidae indet. Fischer 1817 mustelid carnivore | |
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Soricidae indet. Fischer 1814 shrew | |
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Sinolagomys sp. Bohlin 1937 pika | |
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Litodonomys sp. Wang and Qiu 2000 rodent said to be new; spelt correctly but attributed to Loomis 1914, who actually named Litodontomys
Protalactaga shevyrevae rodent
Heterosminthus mongoliensis Zazhigin and Lopatin 2000 rodent | |
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Megacricetodon beijiangensis n. sp. Maridet et al. 2011 mouse
Cricetodon sp. Lartet 1851 mouse
Karydomys debruijni n. sp. Maridet et al. 2011 mouse
Eumyarion sp. Thaler 1966 mouse | |
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