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

Also known as Valley of Lakes

Where: Mongolia (45.5° N, 101.2° E: paleocoordinates 46.2° N, 100.3° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Loh Formation, Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 16.0 Ma)

• Biozone D sensu Höck et al. (1999)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; red siltstone and claystone

• Rose red silt and clay

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Reposited in the NHMW

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 180965: 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
 Artiodactyla -
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
cf. Caementodon sp.2 Heissig 1972 rhinoceros
 Tribosphenida - Erinaceidae
Amphechinus aff. taatsiingolensis2 Ziegler et al. 2007 hedgehog
Exallerix sp.2 McKenna and Holton 1967 hedgehog
Palaeoscaptor acridens2 Matthew and Granger 1924 hedgehog
 Soricomorpha - Soricidae
Crocidosoricinae indet.2 Reumer 1987 shrew
 Rodentia - Muridae
"Tachyoryctoides kokonorensis" = Tachyoryctoides pachygnatus2
"Tachyoryctoides kokonorensis" = Tachyoryctoides pachygnatus2 Bohlin 1937 mouse
 Rodentia - Dipodidae
Litodonomys huangheensis1 Wang and Qiu 2000 rodent
NHMW 2013/0232/0001-0014
Litodonomys lajeensis1 Li and Qiu 1980 rodent
NHMW 2013/0242/0001-0017
Heterosminthus aff. nanus1 rodent
NHMW 2001/0036/0001/77–78,80, 91–93
Heterosminthus firmus Zazhigin and Lopatin 2000 rodent
NHMW 2001z0036/0001/1-84, 91-93
 Rodentia - Zapodidae
Plesiosminthus barsboldi n. sp.3 Daxner-Höck and Wu 2003 jumping mouse
NHMW2001z 0066/0002/1 - type; paratype: NHMW2001z 0066/0002/2
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
"Democricetodon sui" = Copemys2
"Democricetodon sui" = Copemys2 rodent
 Rodentia - Eomyidae
Asianeomys dangheensis6 Wang 2002 rodent
NHMW 2013/0073/0001-0010
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
Pteromyini indet.2 Brandt 1855 squirrel
Plesiosciurus aff. sinensis2 Qiu and Liu 1986 squirrel
? Eutamias sp.5 Trouessart 1880 chipmunk
NHMW 2013/0403/0001
Eutamias sp.2 Trouessart 1880 chipmunk
Kherem hsandgoliensis5 Minjin 2004 squirrel
NHMW 2013/0408/0001-0003
 Rodentia - Distylomyidae
Prodistylomys sp.2 Wang and Qi 1989 rodent
 Rodentia - Ctenodactylidae
Yindirtemys suni2 Li and Qiu 1980 gundi
 Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae
Amphilagus plicadentis4 Erbajeva 2013 pika
NHMW2011/2010
Amphilagus magnus2 Erbajeva 2013 pika
Amphilagus orientalis2 Erbajeva 2013 pika
Bellatona yanghuensis2 Zhou 1988 pika
Bellatona cf. kazakhstanica4 Erbajeva 1988 pika
NHMW2011/0188/0001–0002
Sinolagomys sp.2 Bohlin 1937 pika
Sinolagomys major2 Bohlin 1937 pika
Sinolagomys ulungurensis2 Tong 1989 pika
Alloptox cf. minor2 Li 1978 pika