Where: Mongolia (45.3° N, 101.8° E: paleocoordinates 46.7° N, 99.3° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Tatal Member (Hsanda Gol Formation), Early/Lower Oligocene (33.9 - 28.4 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collected by Central Asiatic Expedition in 1922; reposited in the AMNH
Primary reference: W. D. Matthew and W. Granger. 1924. New insectivores and ruminants from the Tertiary of Mongolia, with remarks on the correlation. American Museum Novitates 105:1-7 [L. van den Hoek Ostende/L. van den Hoek Ostende/L. van den Hoek Ostende]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 174916: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 30.11.2015
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Palaeoscaptor acridens n. gen. n. sp.
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