PBDB Collection

Tatal Gol, section TAT-C/6+7 (Oligocene of Mongolia)

Also known as TAT-C; TAT-C/6; TAT-C/7

Where: Övörkhangai, Mongolia (45.3° N, 101.6° E: paleocoordinates 46.8° N, 99.2° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; red, silty mudstone

• The fines of the Hsanda Gol Fm. are interpreted as eolian dust and playa sediments, deposited on an arid plain (Höck et al., 1999).

• The Hsanda Gol Fm. mainly consists of "brick red" poorly sorted mudstones (Höck et al., 1999).

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Reposited in the NHMW

Collection methods: sieve

Primary reference: G. Daxner-Höck. 2001. New zapodids (Rodentia) from Oligocene-Miocene deposits in Mongolia. Part 1. Senckenbergiana Lethaea 81(2):359-389 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 180956: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 10.08.2016, edited by Pauline Coster

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
Lagomorpha - Leporidae	Desmatolagus gobiensis² Desmatolagus gobiensis² Matthew and Granger 1923 rabbit
Rodentia - Zapodidae	Shamosminthus sodovis Shamosminthus sodovis Daxner-Höck 2001 jumping mouse NHMW 2001z0034/0008/1-7
Rodentia - Dipodidae	Heosminthus sp.¹, Heosminthus borrae¹, Heosminthus chimidae¹, "Heosminthus minutus" = Heosminthus minutus, "Allosminthus minutus" = Heosminthus minutus² Heosminthus sp.¹ Wang 1985 rodent NHMW 2013/0166/0001–0003 Heosminthus borrae¹ Daxner-Höck et al. 2014 rodent NHMW 2013/0118/0001 Heosminthus chimidae¹ Daxner-Höck et al. 2014 rodent NHMW 2013/0143/0000 "Heosminthus minutus" = Heosminthus minutus Daxner-Höck 2001 rodent NHMW 2001z0033/0011/1-4 "Allosminthus minutus" = Heosminthus minutus² Daxner-Höck 2001 rodent
Rodentia - Cricetidae	Cricetidae indet.², Ulaancricetodon badamae², Eucricetodon asiaticus³, Eucricetodon caducus³ Cricetidae indet.² Fischer von Waldheim 1817 mouse Ulaancricetodon badamae² Daxner-Höck 2000 mouse Eucricetodon asiaticus³ Matthew and Granger 1923 mouse Eucricetodon caducus³ Shevyreva 1967 mouse
Rodentia - Aplodontidae	Ninamys kazimierzi⁴ Ninamys kazimierzi⁴ Vianey-Liaud et al. 2013 mountain beaver
Rodentia - Bathyergidae	Tsaganomys altaicus⁵, Cyclomylus lohensis⁵ Tsaganomys altaicus⁵ Matthew and Granger 1923 mole rat NHMW 2013/0527/0001 Cyclomylus lohensis⁵ Matthew and Granger 1923 mole rat NHMW 2013/0526/0001 and 0002
Theriamorpha - Erinaceidae	Palaeoscaptor tenuis², Palaeoscaptor acridens² Palaeoscaptor tenuis² Ziegler et al. 2007 hedgehog Palaeoscaptor acridens² Matthew and Granger 1924 hedgehog
Theriamorpha - Changlelestidae	Zaraalestes minutus² Zaraalestes minutus² Matthew and Granger 1924 placental

¹Daxner-Höck et al. 2014; ²Daxner-Höck et al. 2017; ³López-Guerrero et al. 2017; ⁴Maridet et al. 2017; ⁵Wessels et al. 2014