PBDB Collection

Hsanda Gol, section SHG-A/15+20 (Oligocene of Mongolia)

Also known as Valley of Lakes

Where: Övörkhangai, Mongolia (45.3° N, 101.8° E: paleocoordinates 46.7° N, 99.3° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• Biozone B

• 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 class: mesofossils

Collected by joint Austrian-Mongolian project in 1995-1997, 2001, 2004, 2006; 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 180959: 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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unclassified
-	Asiadelphis zaissanensis², Tsaganomyidae indet.² Asiadelphis zaissanensis² Tsaganomyidae indet.²
Mammalia
Rodentia - Cricetidae	Ulaancricetodon badamae², Eucricetodon asiaticus³, Eucricetodon caducus³ Ulaancricetodon badamae² Daxner-Höck 2000 rodent Eucricetodon asiaticus³ Matthew and Granger 1923 rodent Eucricetodon caducus³ Shevyreva 1967 rodent
Rodentia - Eomyidae	Eomys aff. orientalis² Eomys aff. orientalis² Wang and Emry 1991 rodent
Rodentia - Bathyergidae	Cyclomylus lohensis², Cyclomylus intermedius², Tsaganomys altaicus², Coelodontomys asiaticus² Cyclomylus lohensis² Matthew and Granger 1923 mole rat Cyclomylus intermedius² Wang 2001 mole rat Tsaganomys altaicus² Matthew and Granger 1923 mole rat Coelodontomys asiaticus² Wang 2001 mole rat
Rodentia - Ctenodactylidae	Yindirtemys shevyrevae⁴, Huangomys frequens⁴, Tataromys sigmodon² Yindirtemys shevyrevae⁴ Vianey-Liaud et al. 2006 gundi NHMW 2006z92 Huangomys frequens⁴ Schmidt-Kittler et al. 2007 gundi NHMW 2006z Tataromys sigmodon² Matthew and Granger 1923 gundi
Rodentia - Dipodidae	Heosminthus sp.², Heosminthus minutus, Heosminthus chimidae¹, Onjosminthus baindi² Heosminthus sp.² Wang 1985 rodent Heosminthus minutus Daxner-Höck 2001 rodent NHMW 2001z0033/0002/1-2 Heosminthus chimidae¹ Daxner-Höck et al. 2014 rodent NHMW 2013/0148/0001–0015 Onjosminthus baindi² Daxner-Höck et al. 2014 rodent
Lagomorpha - Leporidae	Desmatolagus sp.², Desmatolagus gobiensis² Desmatolagus sp.² Matthew and Granger 1923 rabbit Desmatolagus gobiensis² Matthew and Granger 1923 rabbit
Tribosphenida - Erinaceidae	Palaeoscaptor acridens², Palaeoscaptor tenuis² Palaeoscaptor acridens² Matthew and Granger 1924 hedgehog Palaeoscaptor tenuis² Ziegler et al. 2007 hedgehog
Soricomorpha - Changlelestidae	Zaraalestes minutus² Zaraalestes minutus² Matthew and Granger 1924 placental
Soricomorpha - Soricidae	Gobisorex kingae², Crocidosoricinae indet.², Taatsiinia hoeckorum² Gobisorex kingae² Sulimski 1970 shrew Crocidosoricinae indet.² Reumer 1987 shrew Taatsiinia hoeckorum² Ziegler et al. 2007 shrew

¹Daxner-Höck et al. 2014; ²Daxner-Höck et al. 2017; ³López-Guerrero et al. 2017; ⁴Schmidt-Kittler et al. 2007