XJ99031 (Oligocene of China)

Also known as 99031, XJ 99031

Where: Xinjiang, China (47.8° N, 86.7° E: paleocoordinates 49.1° N, 83.8° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• Shandgolian

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; sandstone and mudstone

• yellowish green sandstones with variegated mudstones (Ye et al. 2005).

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Reposited in the IVPP

Primary reference: J. Ye, J. Meng, W.-Y. Wu and X.-J. Ni. 2005. Late Eocene-early Oligocene lithological and biological Stratigraphy in the Burqin region of Xinjiang. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 43(1):49-60 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 180951: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 10.08.2016, edited by Grace Varnham

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Theriamorpha - Peradectidae
Junggaroperadectes burqinensis n. gen. n. sp.
Junggaroperadectes burqinensis n. gen. n. sp. Ni et al. 2007 marsupial
Holotype: IVPP V14410, right upper M2
 Creodonta - Hyaenodontidae
Hyaenodon sp.
Hyaenodon sp. Laizer and Parieu 1838 creodont
 Rodentia - Bathyergidae
Cyclomylus sp., Cyclomylus lohensis
Cyclomylus sp. Matthew and Granger 1923 mole rat
Cyclomylus lohensis Matthew and Granger 1923 mole rat
 Rodentia - Ctenodactylidae
Karakoromys decessus
Karakoromys decessus Matthew and Granger 1923 gundi
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Cricetops dormitor, Eucricetodon sp.
Cricetops dormitor Matthew and Granger 1923 mouse
Eucricetodon sp. Thaler 1966 mouse
 Rodentia - Zapodidae
Plesiosminthus sp.
Plesiosminthus sp. Viret 1926 jumping mouse
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Desmatolagus sp.
Desmatolagus sp. Matthew and Granger 1923 rabbit