Naran Bulak Quarry 1 [MPE] (Paleocene of Mongolia)

Also known as Naran Bulag; North Sphinx

Where: Mongolia (43.5° N, 100.5° E: paleocoordinates 43.2° N, 91.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Naran Member (Naran Bulak Formation), Late/Upper Paleocene (58.7 - 55.8 Ma)

• Base of Naran Member

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: alluvial fan; quartzose, white sandstone

• White quartz sands with intercalated lenses of gravel

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by MPE in 1946, 1948

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: L. P. Tatarinov. 1959. A new turtle of the family Baenidae from the lower Eocene of Mongolia. Paleontologicheskii Zhurnal 1:100-113 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 133398: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 12.09.2012

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Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
 Testudines - Macrobaenidae
Macrobaena mongolica n. gen. n. sp.
Macrobaena mongolica n. gen. n. sp. Tatarinov 1959 turtle
PIN 523-4 - holotype
 Testudines - Lindholmemydidae
Paramongolemys khosatzkyi1, Mongolemys tatarinovi n. sp.2
Paramongolemys khosatzkyi1 Danilov and Sukhanov 2013 turtle
PIN no. 3102/101
Mongolemys tatarinovi n. sp.2 Sukhanov and Narmandakh 1976 turtle
Mammalia
 Cimolesta - Pantolambdodontidae
Archaeolambda sp.3
Archaeolambda sp.3 Flerov 1952 pantodont
 Acreodi - Mesonychidae
Pachyaena sp.3
Pachyaena sp.3 Cope 1874 condylarth
 Anagalida - Anagalidae
Pseudictops sp.3
Pseudictops sp.3 Matthew et al. 1929 placental
 Glires - Eurymylidae
Eurymylus sp.3
Eurymylus sp.3 Matthew and Granger 1925 placental
 Glires -
Eomylus zhigdenensis3
Eomylus zhigdenensis3 Dashzeveg and Russell 1988 placental
PSS 20-133 (left mandible)
 Theriamorpha - Arctostylopidae
Arctostylops sp.3
Arctostylops sp.3 Matthew 1915 placental
 Dinocerata - Prodinoceratidae
Prodinoceras sp.3
Prodinoceras sp.3 Matthew et al. 1929 uintathere
1Danilov and Sukhanov 2013; 2Dashzeveg and McKenna 1977; 3Dashzeveg and Russell 1988