PBDB Collection

Unkheltseg, UNCH-A/3 (Oligocene of Mongolia)

Also known as Valley of Lakes; UNCH-A/3B

Where: Övörkhangai, Mongolia (45.5° N, 101.2° E: paleocoordinates 46.9° N, 98.7° 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)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; red siltstone

• Brick red silts

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 180963: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 10.08.2016

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
Rodentia - Aplodontidae	Ninamys arboraptus⁵, Ninamys kazimierzi⁵ Ninamys arboraptus⁵ Vianey-Liaud et al. 2013 mountain beaver Ninamys kazimierzi⁵ Vianey-Liaud et al. 2013 mountain beaver
Rodentia - Dipodidae	Onjosminthus baindi¹, Heosminthus sp.¹, Heosminthus borrae n. sp.¹, Heosminthus chimidae¹ Onjosminthus baindi¹ Daxner-Höck et al. 2014 rodent NHMW 2013/0187/0001 Heosminthus sp.¹ Wang 1985 rodent NHMW 2013/0164/0001–0004 Heosminthus borrae n. sp.¹ Daxner-Höck et al. 2014 rodent NHMW 2013/0117/0001 - type Heosminthus chimidae¹ Daxner-Höck et al. 2014 rodent NHMW 2013/0141/0000
Rodentia - Zapodidae	Shamosminthus sodovis Shamosminthus sodovis Daxner-Höck 2001 jumping mouse NHMW 2001z0034/0011/1-40
Rodentia - Cricetidae	Eocricetodon meridionalis³, Witenia sp.³, Eucricetodon caducus⁴, Eucricetodon asiaticus⁴, Eucricetodon bagus⁴ Eocricetodon meridionalis³ Wang and Meng 1986 mouse NHMW/2015/0311/0001 Witenia sp.³ de Bruijn et al. 2003 mouse NHMW2015/0537/0001 Eucricetodon caducus⁴ Shevyreva 1967 mouse Eucricetodon asiaticus⁴ Matthew and Granger 1923 mouse Eucricetodon bagus⁴ Gomes Rodrigues et al. 2012 mouse
Rodentia - Bathyergidae	Tsaganomys altaicus⁷, Coelodontomys asiaticus⁷ Tsaganomys altaicus⁷ Matthew and Granger 1923 mole rat NHMW 2013/0564/0001 Coelodontomys asiaticus⁷ Wang 2001 mole rat NHMW 2013/0565/0001
Lagomorpha - Leporidae	Desmatolagus cf. simplex² Desmatolagus cf. simplex² Argyropulo 1940 rabbit NHMW2013/0332
Artiodactyla - Gelocidae	Pseudomeryx sp.⁶ Pseudomeryx sp.⁶ Trofimov 1957 ruminant NHMW 2001z0113/0001

¹Daxner-Höck et al. 2014; ²Erbajeva and Daxner-Höck 2014; ³López-Guerrero et al. 2017; ⁴López-Guerrero et al. 2017; ⁵Maridet et al. 2017; ⁶Vislobokova and Daxner-Höck 2002; ⁷Wessels et al. 2014