PBDB Collection

Unkheltseg, UNCH-A/4B (Oligocene of Mongolia)

Also known as Valley of Lakes

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; reposited in the NHMW

Collection methods: sieve

Primary reference: M. Erbajeva and G. Daxner-Höck. 2014. The most prominent Lagomorpha from the Oligocene and Early Miocene of Mongolia. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, Serie A 116:215-245 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 182131: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 11.10.2016, edited by Pauline Coster

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
-	Tsaganomyidae indet. Tsaganomyidae indet.
Mammalia
Didymoconida -	Didymoconus berkey Didymoconus berkey eutherian
Lagomorpha - Leporidae	Desmatolagus sp., Desmatolagus cf. simplex, Desmatolagus gobiensis Desmatolagus sp. Matthew and Granger 1923 rabbit Desmatolagus cf. simplex Argyropulo 1940 rabbit NHMW2013/0332 Desmatolagus gobiensis Matthew and Granger 1923 rabbit
Rodentia - Bathyergidae	Tsaganomys altaicus, Coelodontomys asiaticus Tsaganomys altaicus Matthew and Granger 1923 mole rat Coelodontomys asiaticus Wang 2001 mole rat
Rodentia - Ctenodactylidae	Huangomys frequens Huangomys frequens Schmidt-Kittler et al. 2007 gundi
Rodentia - Cylindrodontidae	Anomoemys lohiculus, Ardynomys sp. Anomoemys lohiculus Matthew and Granger 1923 rodent Ardynomys sp. Matthew and Granger 1925 rodent
Rodentia - Aplodontidae	Ninamys kazimierzi, Ninamys arboraptus Ninamys kazimierzi Vianey-Liaud et al. 2013 mountain beaver Ninamys arboraptus Vianey-Liaud et al. 2013 mountain beaver
Rodentia - Cricetidae	Cricetops dormitor, Witenia sp., Eucricetodon bagus, Eucricetodon asiaticus, Eocricetodon meridionalis Cricetops dormitor Matthew and Granger 1923 mouse Witenia sp. de Bruijn et al. 2003 mouse Eucricetodon bagus Gomes Rodrigues et al. 2012 mouse Eucricetodon asiaticus Matthew and Granger 1923 mouse Eocricetodon meridionalis Wang and Meng 1986 mouse
Rodentia - Dipodidae	Onjosminthus baindi, Heosminthus sp., Heosminthus chimidae, Heosminthus borrae Onjosminthus baindi Daxner-Höck et al. 2014 rodent Heosminthus sp. Wang 1985 rodent Heosminthus chimidae Daxner-Höck et al. 2014 rodent Heosminthus borrae Daxner-Höck et al. 2014 rodent
Rodentia - Zapodidae	Shamosminthus sodovis Shamosminthus sodovis Daxner-Höck 2001 jumping mouse
Carnivora - Nimravidae	Nimravus mongoliensis Nimravus mongoliensis Gromova 1959 false sabre-tooth
Carnivora -	Shandgolictis elegans Shandgolictis elegans carnivoran
Artiodactyla - Gelocidae	Paragelocus aff. scotti, Pseudomeryx sp. Paragelocus aff. scotti Schlosser 1902 ruminant Pseudomeryx sp. Trofimov 1957 ruminant
Tribosphenida - Erinaceidae	Palaeoscaptor acridens, Palaeoscaptor tenuis Palaeoscaptor acridens Matthew and Granger 1924 hedgehog Palaeoscaptor tenuis Ziegler et al. 2007 hedgehog
Soricomorpha - Changlelestidae	Zaraalestes minutus Zaraalestes minutus Matthew and Granger 1924 placental
Soricomorpha - Soricidae	Crocidosoricinae indet., Gobisorex kingae Crocidosoricinae indet. Reumer 1987 shrew Gobisorex kingae Sulimski 1970 shrew
Gastropoda
Stylommatophora - Strobilopsidae	? Strobilops sp. ? Strobilops sp. Pilsbry 1893 slug