Twin Obo (Eocene of China)

Also known as East Mesa; Shara Murun

Where: Nei Mongol, China (43.2° N, 114.3° E: paleocoordinates 44.3° N, 107.7° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Shara Murun Formation, Middle Eocene (48.6 - 37.2 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collected by Central Asiatic Expedition in 1928; reposited in the AMNH

Primary reference: T. J. Gaudin, R. J. Emry, and B. Pogue. 2006. A new genus and species of pangolin (Mammalia, Pholidota) from the Late Eocene of Inner Mongolia, China. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 26(1):146-159 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 61229: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 31.05.2006, edited by Philip Mannion

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Pholidota - Patriomanidae
Cryptomanis gobiensis n. gen. n. sp.
Cryptomanis gobiensis n. gen. n. sp. Gaudin et al. 2006 pangolin
AMNH 26140 - type
 Artiodactyla - Entelodontidae
Brachyhyops neimongolensis n. sp.2 Wang and Qiu 2002 even-toed ungulate
AMNH 99666 - type; referred specimens: AMNH 26264, 99670 and 99671
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Desmatolagus vetustus1, "Gobiolagus andrewsi" = Gobiolagus tolmachovi1, Gobiolagus major n. sp.1
Desmatolagus vetustus1 Burke 1941 rabbit
AMNH 26080-26083 and 26099
"Gobiolagus andrewsi" = Gobiolagus tolmachovi1 Burke 1941 rabbit
AMNH 26097
Gobiolagus major n. sp.1 Burke 1941 rabbit
AMNH 26098 - type