Hotuliin Teeg, HTE-008 (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: D mammal zone, Loh Formation, Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 16.0 Ma)

• Biozone D sensu Höck et al. (1999)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: mesofossils

Reposited in the NHMW

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 182089: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 10.10.2016, edited by Pauline Coster

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
Plesiosciurus aff. sinensis5 Qiu and Liu 1986 squirrel
NHMW 2013/0399/0001
? Eutamias sp.5 Trouessart 1880 chipmunk
NHMW 2013/0402/0001
Eutamias sp.2 Trouessart 1880 chipmunk
 Rodentia - Dipodidae
Litodonomys huangheensis1 Wang and Qiu 2000 rodent
NHMW 2013/0236/0001
Heterosminthus firmus2 Zazhigin and Lopatin 2000 rodent
Bohlinosminthus parvulus2 Bohlin 1946 rodent
 Rodentia - Zapodidae
Plesiosminthus olzi n. sp.1 Daxner-Höck et al. 2014 jumping mouse
NHMW 2013/0176/0001 - type
 Rodentia - Muridae
"Tachyoryctoides kokonorensis" = Tachyoryctoides pachygnatus, Tachyoryctoides engesseri
"Tachyoryctoides kokonorensis" = Tachyoryctoides pachygnatus Bohlin 1937 mouse
NHMW specimens
Tachyoryctoides engesseri Wang and Qiu 2012 mouse
NHMW 2013/0463
 Rodentia - Ctenodactylidae
Yindirtemys suni6 Li and Qiu 1980 gundi
 Rodentia - Distylomyidae
 Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae
Amphilagus magnus4 Erbajeva 2013 pika
NHMW2013/0349/0000
Sinolagomys ulungurensis4 Tong 1989 pika
NHMW2013/0374
Sinolagomys major4 Bohlin 1937 pika
HMW2013/0389/0000
Sinolagomys kansuensis3 Bohlin 1937 pika
NHMW 2013/00156/0001-0064
 Theriamorpha - Erinaceidae
Exallerix sp.2 McKenna and Holton 1967 hedgehog
Amphechinus taatsiingolensis2 Ziegler et al. 2007 hedgehog
Amphechinus aff. taatsiingolensis2 Ziegler et al. 2007 hedgehog
Palaeoscaptor cf. rectus2 Matthew and Granger 1924 hedgehog
Palaeoscaptor tenuis2 Ziegler et al. 2007 hedgehog
Palaeoscaptor acridens2 Matthew and Granger 1924 hedgehog
 Theriamorpha - Soricidae
Crocidosoricinae indet.2 Reumer 1987 shrew
 Placentalia -
Carnivora indet.2 Bowdich 1821 carnivoran
 Artiodactyla -
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Rhinocerotidae indet.2 Gray 1821 rhinoceros