PBDB Collection

Ula Usu well, Shara Murum (Eocene of China)

Also known as type Shara Murum Formation locality

Where: Nei Mongol, China (42.0° N, 111.5° E: paleocoordinates 43.0° N, 105.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Shara Murum Formation, Middle Eocene (47.8 - 37.7 Ma)

• type locality for the Shara Murum Formation

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; gray sandstone and brown claystone

• "light greyish sands and clays in the upper part and light brown clays in the lower...while both the upper and lower parts are fossiliferous, the overwhelming majority of the material were derived from the lower part of the formation exposed near the Well of Ula Usu."

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by SSPE in Aug-Sep 1959

Collection methods: quarrying,

• August to September, 1959.

Primary reference: M. Chow and A. K. Rozhdestvensky. 1960. Exploration in Inner Mongolia: a preliminary account of the 1959 field work of the Sino-Soviet Paleontological Expedition (SSPE). Vertebrata PalAsiatica 4(1):1-10 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 28786: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 24.02.2003, edited by Philip Mannion

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Taxonomic list

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Aves
-	Aves indet. Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758 bird
Reptilia
Testudines -	"Chelonia indet." = Testudines "Chelonia indet." = Testudines Batsch 1788 turtle
Mammalia
Placentalia -	Carnivora indet. Carnivora indet. Bowdich 1821 carnivoran
Perissodactyla - Brontotheriidae	Brontotheriidae indet. Brontotheriidae indet. Marsh 1873 brontothere
Perissodactyla - Chalicotheriidae	Chalicotheriidae indet. Chalicotheriidae indet. Gill 1872 chalicothere
Perissodactyla - Paraceratheriidae	"Juxia sharamurenense n. gen. n. sp." = Juxia sharamurenensis¹ "Juxia sharamurenense n. gen. n. sp." = Juxia sharamurenensis¹ Chow and Chiu 1964 odd-toed ungulate IVPP V2891 - holotype; referred material: IVPP V2892 and 2893
Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae	Rhinocerotidae indet. Rhinocerotidae indet. Gray 1821 rhinoceros "resembles...a small indricothere of primitive type"
Perissodactyla - Amynodontidae	Amynodontidae indet.⁶, Gigantamynodon promisus n. sp.⁶, Lushiamynodon sharamurenensis n. sp.⁶, "Amynodon mongoliensis" = Sharamynodon mongoliensis⁶, Sianodon ulausuensis n. sp.⁶ Amynodontidae indet.⁶ Scott and Osborn 1883 odd-toed ungulate IVPP V3223 Gigantamynodon promisus n. sp.⁶ Xu 1966 odd-toed ungulate IVPP V3218 - type Lushiamynodon sharamurenensis n. sp.⁶ Xu 1966 odd-toed ungulate IVPP V2892 - type "Amynodon mongoliensis" = Sharamynodon mongoliensis⁶ Osborn 1936 odd-toed ungulate IVPP V3216 Sianodon ulausuensis n. sp.⁶ Xu 1966 odd-toed ungulate IVPP V3215 - type
Perissodactyla - Helaletidae	Helaletidae indet. Helaletidae indet. Osborn 1892 odd-toed ungulate
Artiodactyla - Anthracotheriidae	Ulausuodon parvus n. gen. n. sp.² Ulausuodon parvus n. gen. n. sp.² Hu 1963 anthracothere IVPP V2808 - holotype
Artiodactyla - Archaeomerycidae	Archaeomeryx sp. Archaeomeryx sp. Matthew and Granger 1925 ruminant
Lagomorpha - Leporidae	? Gobiolagus sp.³, Gobiolagus burkei n. sp.⁵, Gobiolagus tolmachovi⁵, Shamolagus medius³ ? Gobiolagus sp.³ Burke 1941 rabbit IVPP V3012 Gobiolagus burkei n. sp.⁵ Meng et al. 2005 rabbit AMNH 141275 - type; referred material: AMNH 141276 Gobiolagus tolmachovi⁵ Burke 1941 rabbit AMNH 141277-141295 Shamolagus medius³ Burke 1941 rabbit IVPP V3011
Placentalia -	Rodentia indet. Rodentia indet. Bowdich 1821 rodent
Rodentia -	Yuomys cavioides⁴ Yuomys cavioides⁴ Li 1975 rodent IVPP V4801 and V4803

¹Chow and Chiu 1964; ²Hu 1963; ³Li 1965; ⁴Li 1975; ⁵Meng et al. 2005; ⁶Xu 1966