Also known as Tsagan Hushu
Where: Omnogov, Mongolia (43.5° N, 100.4° E: paleocoordinates 43.2° N, 91.6° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Zhigden Member (Naran Bulak Formation), Late/Upper Paleocene (58.7 - 55.8 Ma)
• Zhigden Member also spelt as Zhygden Member
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•1 m thick fossiliferous lens
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; red, sandy claystone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collected in 1984
Primary reference: D. Dashzeveg and D. E. Russell. 1988. Palaeocene and Eocene Mixodontia (Mammalia, Glires) of Mongolia and China. Palaeontology 31(1):129-164 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 133396: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 11.09.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Eomylus zhigdenensis n. gen. n. sp.
Eomylus zhigdenensis n. gen. n. sp. Dashzeveg and Russell 1988 placental PSS 20-139 - holotype (right maxillary fragment); referred material: PSS 20-137 and 20-138 (mandibular fragments)
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Amar aleator n. gen. n. sp.
Amar aleator n. gen. n. sp. Dashzeveg and Russell 1988 placental PSS 20-161 - holotype (right maxillary fragment)
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Arctostylops macrodon placental | |
Ernanodon sp. Ding 1979 placental |