Tatal Gol, section TAT-E (Oligocene of Mongolia)

Where: Övörkhangai, Mongolia (45.3° N, 101.6° E: paleocoordinates 46.4° N, 100.0° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: C mammal zone, Hsanda Gol Formation, Late/Upper Oligocene (28.4 - 23.0 Ma)

• Biozone C

• 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, D. Badamgarav, and O. Maridet. 2015. Evolution of Tachyoryctoidinae (Rodentia, Mammalia): evidences of the Oligocene and Early Miocene of Mongolia. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, Serie A 117:161-195 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 182073: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 10.10.2016

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Rodentia - Muridae
Tachyoryctoides radnai
Tachyoryctoides radnai Daxner-Höck et al. 2015 mouse
NHMW 2013/0446/0001
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Aralocricetodon schokensis
Aralocricetodon schokensis Bendukidze 1993 rodent
NHMW2015/0011/0001-2