15 miles east of Loh (Oligocene of Mongolia)

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

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Tribosphenida - Erinaceidae
Palaeoscaptor acridens n. gen. n. sp.
Palaeoscaptor acridens n. gen. n. sp. Matthew and Granger 1924 hedgehog
AMNH 19138 - holotype