Also known as Flaming Cliffs; Khashat; Khashaat
Where: Omngov, Mongolia (44.0° N, 104.0° E: paleocoordinates 44.2° N, 95.1° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: 1 Member (Khashat Formation), Late/Upper Paleocene (58.7 - 55.8 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; sandstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collected in 1999
• Discovered and completely excavated and screenwashed by two of the authors (G.E. and J.-L.H.) and the late D. Dashzeveg
Primary reference: P. Missiaen, G. Escarguel, J.-L. Hartenberger and T. Smith. 2012. A large new collection of Palaeostylops from the Paleocene of the Flaming Cliffs area (Ulan-Nur Basin, Gobi Desert, Mongolia), and an evaluation of the phylogenetic affinities of Arctostylopidae (Mammalia, Gliriformes). Geobios 45:311-322 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 133008: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 31.08.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Eurymylus laticeps Matthew and Granger 1925 placental | |
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Palaeostylops macrodon Matthew et al. 1929 placental 40/255 jaw fragments, representing 154/730 teeth and a MNI of 14
Palaeostylops iturus Matthew and Granger 1925 placental 111 of the 255 upper and lower jaw fragments, representing 376/730 teeth and a MNI of 32
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Prionessus lucifer Matthew and Granger 1925 multituberculate | |