Ulantatal (UTL5) (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 175409: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 11.12.2015

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Rodentia - Ctenodactylidae
Tataromys plicidens2 Matthew and Granger 1923 gundi
Tataromys minor2 Huang 1985 gundi
Huangomys frequens1 Schmidt-Kittler et al. 2007 gundi
 Rodentia - Zapodidae
? Gobiosminthus sp.1 Huang 1992 jumping mouse
Gobiosminthus qiui1 Huang 1992 jumping mouse
Shamosminthus tongi1 Huang 1992 jumping mouse
 Rodentia - Dipodidae
Parasminthus tangingoli1 Bohlin 1946 rodent
Parasminthus asiaecentralis1 Bohlin 1946 rodent
Bohlinosminthus parvulus1 Bohlin 1946 rodent
Heosminthus sp.1 Wang 1985 rodent
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Eucricetodon asiaticus Matthew and Granger 1923 mouse
IVPP V17626
Eucricetodon jilantaiensis Gomes Rodrigues et al. 2012 mouse
IVPP V17633
Eucricetodon bagus Gomes Rodrigues et al. 2012 mouse
IVPP V17640
Eucricetodon aff. caducus Shevyreva 1967 mouse
IVPP V17645.1