LOH C/1 (Oligocene of Mongolia)

Also known as Valley of Lakes

Where: Mongolia (45.3° N, 101.7° E: paleocoordinates 46.4° N, 100.1° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• Biozone C1 sensu Höck et al. (1999)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; red siltstone

• Red silt

Size class: mesofossils

Reposited in the NHMW

Primary reference: M. Morlo and D. Nagel. 2002. New Didymoconidae (Mammalia) from the Oligocene of Central Mongolia and first information on the tooth eruption sequence of the family. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie. Abhandlungen 223(1):123-144 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 176448: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 12.02.2016

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Didymoconida -
Didymoconus berkeyi Matthew and Granger 1924 eutherian
NHMW 2000z0058/0025
 Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae
Sinolagomys kansuensis4 Bohlin 1937 pika
NHMW2013/0362/0000
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Desmatolagus cf. chinensis4 Erbajeva and Sen 1998 rabbit
NHMW2013/0336/0000
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
Kherem hsandgoliensis5 Minjin 2004 squirrel
NHMW 2013/0410/0001
 Rodentia - Ctenodactylidae
Yindirtemys deflexus6 Teilhard de Chardin 1926 gundi
NHMW 2006z
 Rodentia - Zapodidae
Plesiosminthus "sp. B"3 Viret 1926 jumping mouse
NHMW2001z 0068/0005/1-2
 Rodentia - Dipodidae
Litodonomys huangheensis2 Wang and Qiu 2000 rodent
Heterosminthus cf. firmus1 Zazhigin and Lopatin 2000 rodent
NHMW 2001z0037/0003/1
Bohlinosminthus parvulus2 Bohlin 1946 rodent
NHMW 2013/0220/0000