Urtyn Obo; IVPP locality 1991004 (Eocene of China)

Also known as Siziwang Qi; "Lower White" Beds; IVPP Loc. 91004; Erden Obo

Where: Nei Mongol, China (42.6° N, 111.3° E: paleocoordinates 43.6° N, 106.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Ulan Gocho Formation, Late/Upper Eocene (37.2 - 33.9 Ma)

• "Lower White" Beds

•Listed as Shara Murun Fm in Wang (2001)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: mesofossils

Collected by IVPP in 1980's-1990's; reposited in the IVPP

Primary reference: B.-Y. Wang. 2007. Late Eocene cricetids (Rodentia, Mammalia) from Nei Mongol, China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 45(3):195-212 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 174914: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 30.11.2015, edited by Mark Uhen

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Rodentia - Gobiomyidae
Gobiomys exiguus n. sp.6 Wang 2001 rodent
IVPP V12521 - type
Gobiomys asiaticus n. sp.6 Wang 2001 rodent
IVPP V12524 - type
 Rodentia - Dipodidae
Brachyscirtetes tomidai n. sp.1 Li 2016 rodent
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Pappocricetodon sp. Tong 1992 mouse
IVPP V14988
? Pappocricetodon sp. Tong 1992 mouse
IVPP V14985
Pappocricetodon antiquus Wang and Dawson 1994 mouse
IVPP V14983
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Desmatolagus vetustus7 Burke 1941 rabbit
IVPP V14760
 Primates - Eosimiidae
Eosimias sp.9 Beard et al. 1994 monkey
IVPP V15530
 Theriamorpha - Erinaceidae
Erinaceidae indet.8 Fischer von Waldheim 1817 hedgehog
IVPP V15536
 Theriamorpha - Changlelestidae
Anatolechinos neimongolensis8 Wang 2008 placental
IVPP V15533
 Chiroptera -
Microchiroptera indet.8 Dobson 1875 bat
IVPP V15584
 Perissodactyla - Brontotheriidae
Embolotherium andrewsi5 Osborn 1929 brontothere
IVPP V11959
 Perissodactyla - Paraceratheriidae
Urtinotherium parvus4 odd-toed ungulate
EMM 0146
Juxia shoui4 Qi and Zhou 1989 odd-toed ungulate
IVPP V3268
 Perissodactyla - Lophialetidae
Schlosseria magister2 Matthew and Granger 1926 odd-toed ungulate
IVPP V16573
 Cimolesta - Coryphodontidae
Eudinoceras mongoliensis3 Osborn 1924 pantodont
IVPP V18055