PBDB Collection

Tatal Gol, section TAT-051/2 (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: C1 mammal zone, Hsanda Gol Formation, Late/Upper Oligocene (28.4 - 23.0 Ma)

• Biozone C1

• 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 182078: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 10.10.2016, edited by Pauline Coster

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
Rodentia - Bathyergidae	Tsaganomys altaicus² Tsaganomys altaicus² Matthew and Granger 1923 mole rat
Rodentia - Ctenodactylidae	Yindirtemys deflexus², Yindirtemys birgeri⁴ Yindirtemys deflexus² Teilhard de Chardin 1926 gundi Yindirtemys birgeri⁴ Bendukidze 1993 gundi NHMW 2012/0060/0001
Rodentia - Muridae	Tachyoryctoides obrutschewi Tachyoryctoides obrutschewi Bohlin 1937 mouse NHMW 2013/0450/0001
Rodentia - Dipodidae	Bohlinosminthus parvulus¹, Heosminthus chimidae¹, Litodonomys lajeensis¹ Bohlinosminthus parvulus¹ Bohlin 1946 rodent NHMW 2013/ 0212/0000 Heosminthus chimidae¹ Daxner-Höck et al. 2014 rodent NHMW 2013/0160/0001–0010 Litodonomys lajeensis¹ Li and Qiu 1980 rodent NHMW 2013/0238/0001–0002
Lagomorpha - Leporidae	Desmatolagus cf. simplex² Desmatolagus cf. simplex² Argyropulo 1940 rabbit
Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae	Sinolagomys major², Sinolagomys kansuensis³ Sinolagomys major² Bohlin 1937 pika Sinolagomys kansuensis³ Bohlin 1937 pika NHMW2013/0359
Tribosphenida - Erinaceidae	Erinaceidae indet.², Amphechinus major², Amphechinus minutissimus², Amphechinus taatsiingolensis², Palaeoscaptor acridens², Palaeoscaptor gigas², Palaeoscaptor cf. rectus² Erinaceidae indet.² Fischer von Waldheim 1817 hedgehog Amphechinus major² Ziegler et al. 2007 hedgehog Amphechinus minutissimus² Ziegler et al. 2007 hedgehog Amphechinus taatsiingolensis² Ziegler et al. 2007 hedgehog Palaeoscaptor acridens² Matthew and Granger 1924 hedgehog Palaeoscaptor gigas² Lopatin 2002 hedgehog Palaeoscaptor cf. rectus² Matthew and Granger 1924 hedgehog
Soricomorpha - Changlelestidae	Zaraalestes minutus² Zaraalestes minutus² Matthew and Granger 1924 placental

¹Daxner-Höck et al. 2014; ²Daxner-Höck et al. 2017; ³Erbajeva and Daxner-Höck 2014; ⁴Oliver and Daxner-Höck 2017