Where: Dornogov, Mongolia (43.8° N, 111.9° E: paleocoordinates 45.2° N, 107.2° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Ergilin Member (Ergilin Dzo Formation), Late/Upper Eocene (37.2 - 33.9 Ma)
• quarry is 2.7 m thick
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; poorly lithified, yellow conglomerate and poorly lithified claystone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: D. Dashzeveg. 1996. A new hyracodontid (Perissodactyla, Rhinocerotoidea) from the Ergilin Dzo Formation (Oligocene, Quarry 1) in Dzamyn Ude, Eastern Gobi Desert, Mongolia. American Museum Novitates 3178:1-12 [J. Alroy/E. Leckey/E. Leckey]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 38309: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Erin Leckey on 19.04.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Embolotherium sp. Osborn 1929 brontothere | |
Cadurcodon ardynensis Osborn 1924 odd-toed ungulate |