Hsanda Gol, section SHG-AB/17-20 (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

• group of beds-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 180961: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 10.08.2016, edited by Pauline Coster

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Creodonta - Hyaenodontidae
Hyaenodontidae indet.2 Leidy 1869 creodont
Hyaenodon pervagus2 Matthew and Granger 1924 creodont
Hyaenodon eminus2 Matthew and Granger 1925 creodont
 Carnivora - Nimravidae
Nimravus mongoliensis2 Gromova 1959 false sabre-tooth
 Carnivora -
 Carnivora - Ursidae
Amphicynodon sp.2 Filhol 1881 bear
Amphicynodon teilhardi2 Matthew and Granger 1924 bear
 Artiodactyla - Gelocidae
Gobiomeryx sp.2 Trofimov 1957 ruminant
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Eumeryx sp.2 Matthew and Granger 1924 deer
 Theriamorpha - Soricidae
Heterosoricinae indet.2 Viret and Zapfe 1951 shrew
Gobisorex kingae2 Sulimski 1970 shrew
Taatsiinia hoeckorum2 Ziegler et al. 2007 shrew
 Theriamorpha - Erinaceidae
Palaeoscaptor tenuis2 Ziegler et al. 2007 hedgehog
 Rodentia - Eomyidae
Eomys aff. orientalis4 Wang and Emry 1991 rodent
NHMW 2013/0056/0001-0003
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Eucricetodon asiaticus2 Matthew and Granger 1923 mouse
Eocricetodon meridionalis2 Wang and Meng 1986 mouse
 Rodentia - Zapodidae
Shamosminthus sp. Huang 1992 jumping mouse
NHMW2001z0035/0001/1-2
 Rodentia - Dipodidae
Onjosminthus baindi1 Daxner-Höck et al. 2014 rodent
NHMW 2013/0189/0001
Bohlinosminthus parvulus1 Bohlin 1946 rodent
NHMW 2013/0205/0001–0026
Heosminthus sp.1 Wang 1985 rodent
NHMW 2013/0168/0001–0007
"Heosminthus minutus" = Heosminthus minutus Daxner-Höck 2001 rodent
NHMW 2001z0033/0004/1-8 and 2001z0033/0005/1-16
"Allosminthus minutus" = Heosminthus minutus2 Daxner-Höck 2001 rodent
Heosminthus chimidae1 Daxner-Höck et al. 2014 rodent
NHMW 2013/0149/0000
 Rodentia - Ctenodactylidae
Yindirtemys shevyrevae2 Vianey-Liaud et al. 2006 gundi
 Rodentia - Bathyergidae
Tsaganomys altaicus5 Matthew and Granger 1923 mole rat
NHMW 2013/0509/0001-0005
Coelodontomys asiaticus5 Wang 2001 mole rat
NHMW 2013/0505/0001
Cyclomylus intermedius5 Wang 2001 mole rat
NHMW 2013/0507/0001-0005
Cyclomylus lohensis5 Matthew and Granger 1923 mole rat
NHMW 2013/0506/0001-0007
 Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae
Sinolagomys kansuensis3 Bohlin 1937 pika
NHMW2013/0358/0000
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Desmatolagus cf. orlovi2 Gureev 1960 rabbit
Desmatolagus gobiensis2 Matthew and Granger 1923 rabbit
Desmatolagus cf. chinensis2 Erbajeva and Sen 1998 rabbit
Ordolagus cf. teilhardi2 Burke 1941 rabbit