Saint-Jacques (IVPP Loc. 78020) (Oligocene of China)

Also known as Saint Jacques; Dengkou

Where: Nei Mongol, China (40.3° N, 107.0° E: paleocoordinates 41.0° N, 103.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Wulanbulage Formation, Early/Lower Oligocene (33.9 - 28.4 Ma)

• Upper member of Wulanbulage Fm

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: mesofossils

Collected in 1977-1978; reposited in the IVPP

Primary reference: B. Wang. 1987. Discovery of Cricetids (Rodentia, Mammalia) From Middle Oligocene of Nei Mongol, China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 25(3):187-198 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 175818: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 13.01.2016

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Selenomys mimicus Matthew and Granger 1923 mouse
IVPP V 8425