PBDB Collection

Ikh Argalatyn Nuruu, IKH-A/2-4 (Oligocene of Mongolia)

Also known as Valley of Lakes; IKH-A/3-4

Where: Övörkhangai, Mongolia (45.3° N, 102.1° E: paleocoordinates 46.3° N, 98.2° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: B mammal zone, Hsanda Gol Formation, Early/Lower Oligocene (33.9 - 28.4 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; red, silty mudstone

• The fines of the Hsanda Gol Fm. are interpreted as eolian dust and playa sediments, deposited on an arid plain (Höck et al., 1999).

• The Hsanda Gol Fm. mainly consists of "brick red" poorly sorted mudstones (Höck et al., 1999).

Size class: mesofossils

Collected by joint Austrian-Mongolian project in 1995-1997, 2001, 2004, 2006; reposited in the NHMW

Collection methods: sieve

Primary reference: G. Daxner-Höck. 2000. Ulaancricetodon badamae n. gen., n. sp. (Mammalia, Rodentia, Cricetidae) from the Valley of Lakes in Central Mongolia. Paläontologische Zeitschrift 74(1/2):215-225 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 175171: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 04.12.2015

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
Rodentia - Dipodidae	Bohlinosminthus parvulus², Heosminthus minutus¹, Heosminthus chimidae² Bohlinosminthus parvulus² Bohlin 1946 rodent NHMW 2013/0204/0001–0004 Heosminthus minutus¹ Daxner-Höck 2001 rodent NHMW 2001z0033/0006/1-3 Heosminthus chimidae² Daxner-Höck et al. 2014 rodent NHMW 2013/0150/0000
Rodentia - Cricetidae	Ulaancricetodon badamae, Eucricetodon cf. bagus³, Eucricetodon asiaticus³ Ulaancricetodon badamae Daxner-Höck 2000 mouse NHMW 1999z0083/0009/1-2 Eucricetodon cf. bagus³ Gomes Rodrigues et al. 2012 mouse Eucricetodon asiaticus³ Matthew and Granger 1923 mouse
Rodentia - Bathyergidae	Tsaganomys altaicus⁵, Cyclomylus lohensis⁵, Cyclomylus intermedius⁵ Tsaganomys altaicus⁵ Matthew and Granger 1923 mole rat NHMW 2013/0492/0001 Cyclomylus lohensis⁵ Matthew and Granger 1923 mole rat NHMW 2013/0493/0001 and 0002 Cyclomylus intermedius⁵ Wang 2001 mole rat NHMW 2013/0491/0001
Artiodactyla -	Prodremotherium sp.⁴ Prodremotherium sp.⁴ Filhol 1877 ruminant NHMW 2001z0093/0001
Artiodactyla - Cervidae	Eumeryx imbellis⁴ Eumeryx imbellis⁴ Vislobokova 1983 deer NHMW 2001z0081/0001 and 0002

¹Daxner-Höck 2001; ²Daxner-Höck et al. 2014; ³López-Guerrero et al. 2017; ⁴Vislobokova and Daxner-Höck 2002; ⁵Wessels et al. 2014