PBDB Collection

Ulantatal (UTL4) (Oligocene of China)

Also known as Ulan II

Where: Nei Mongol, China (39.2° N, 105.6° E: paleocoordinates 39.5° N, 102.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Ulantatal Formation, Late/Upper Oligocene (28.4 - 23.0 Ma)

• Ulan II (late Oligocene)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; fine-grained sandstone and siltstone

• Fine grained sandstones and siltstones

Size class: mesofossils

Collected in 1987; reposited in the IVPP

Primary reference: H. Gomes Rodrigues, L. Marivaux, and M. Vianey-Liaud. 2012. The Cricetidae (Rodentia, Mammalia) from the Ulantatal area (Inner Mongolia, China): New data concerning the evolution of Asian cricetids during the Oligocene. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 56:160-179 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 175408: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 11.12.2015

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
Rodentia - Cricetidae	Ulaancricetodon badamae¹, Eucricetodon asiaticus, Eucricetodon bagus n. sp., Eucricetodon aff. caducus, Eucricetodon jilantaiensis n. sp., Cricetops dormitor, Witenia yolua, Pseudocricetops matthewi n. gen. n. sp. Ulaancricetodon badamae¹ Daxner-Höck 2000 rodent Eucricetodon asiaticus Matthew and Granger 1923 rodent IVPP V17625 Eucricetodon bagus n. sp. Gomes Rodrigues et al. 2012 rodent IVPP V17639.1 - type Eucricetodon aff. caducus Shevyreva 1967 rodent IVPP V17644.1-2 Eucricetodon jilantaiensis n. sp. Gomes Rodrigues et al. 2012 rodent IVPP V17632.1 - type Cricetops dormitor Matthew and Granger 1923 rodent IVPP V17659.1 Witenia yolua Gomes Rodrigues et al. 2012 rodent IVPP V 17655 Pseudocricetops matthewi n. gen. n. sp. Gomes Rodrigues et al. 2012 rodent IVPP V17661.1 - type
Rodentia - Ctenodactylidae	Yindirtemys bohlini⁴, Yindirtemys ulantatalensis⁴, Yindirtemys shevyrevae⁴, Huangomys frequens¹, Ctenodactylinae "n. gen."⁴, Helanshania deserta³, Tataromys sigmodon⁴, Tataromys minor⁴, Tataromys plicidens⁴, Alashania tengkoliensis⁴ Yindirtemys bohlini⁴ Huang 1985 gundi Yindirtemys ulantatalensis⁴ Huang 1985 gundi Yindirtemys shevyrevae⁴ Vianey-Liaud et al. 2006 gundi Huangomys frequens¹ Schmidt-Kittler et al. 2007 gundi Ctenodactylinae "n. gen."⁴ Hinton 1933 gundi Helanshania deserta³ Vianey-Liaud et al. 2010 gundi UTL4-70 and UTL4-71 Tataromys sigmodon⁴ Matthew and Granger 1923 gundi Tataromys minor⁴ Huang 1985 gundi Tataromys plicidens⁴ Matthew and Granger 1923 gundi Alashania tengkoliensis⁴ Vianey-Liaud et al. 2006 gundi
Rodentia - Zapodidae	? Gobiosminthus sp.², Gobiosminthus qiui², Shamosminthus tongi² ? Gobiosminthus sp.² Huang 1992 jumping mouse IVPP V10139 and V10310 Gobiosminthus qiui² Huang 1992 jumping mouse IVPP V10165 and V10166 Shamosminthus tongi² Huang 1992 jumping mouse IVPP V10313 and V10314
Rodentia - Dipodidae	Parasminthus asiaecentralis², Parasminthus tangingoli², "Parasminthus parvulus" = Bohlinosminthus parvulus² Parasminthus asiaecentralis² Bohlin 1946 rodent IVPP V10133 Parasminthus tangingoli² Bohlin 1946 rodent IVPP V10152 and V10153 "Parasminthus parvulus" = Bohlinosminthus parvulus² Bohlin 1946 rodent IVPP V10159 and V10160
Rodentia - Cylindrodontidae	Anomoemys lohiculus¹ Anomoemys lohiculus¹ Matthew and Granger 1923 rodent IVPP V17670.1-2

¹Gomes Rodrigues et al. 2014; ²Huang 1992; ³Vianey-Liaud et al. 2010; ⁴Vianey-Liaud et al. 2006