Aliusu (Eocene of China)

Also known as "Lower Red" Beds; Aliwusu; south of Naomugeng village; Erden Obo; Urtyn Obo

Where: Nei Mongol, China (42.6° N, 111.3° E: paleocoordinates 43.6° N, 104.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Irdin Manha Formation, Middle Eocene (47.8 - 37.7 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; white lithology not reported

• ‘basal white’ layer

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Reposited in the IVPP

Primary reference: L. Fostowicz-Frelik, C. Li, F. Mao, J. Meng, and Y. Wang. 2015. A large mimotonid from the Middle Eocene of China sheds light on the evolution of lagomorphs and their kin. Scientific Reports 5:9394:1-9 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 174721: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 25.11.2015

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Rodentia -
Yuomys sp.1 Li 1975 rodent
 Rodentia - Gobiomyidae
Gobiomys sp.1 Wang 2001 rodent
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Gobiolagus aliwusuensis n. sp.1 Fostowicz-Frelik et al. 2012 rabbit
IVPP V18500 - type; referred material: IVPP V18501-18530
 Glires - Mimotonidae
Mimolagus aurorae Fostowicz-Frelik et al. 2015 placental
IVPP V20173 (M1)
 Perissodactyla -
Caenolophus promissus1 Matthew and Granger 1925 odd-toed ungulate
Teilhardia pretiosa n. gen. n. sp.2 Matthew and Granger 1926 odd-toed ungulate
AMNH 20299 - type
 Perissodactyla - Hyracodontidae
Triplopus progressus1 odd-toed ungulate
 Perissodactyla - Lophialetidae
Lophialetes sp. Matthew and Granger 1925 odd-toed ungulate
 Perissodactyla - Brontotheriidae
Protitan sp.3 Granger and Gregory 1943 brontothere
IVPP V10104