Also known as Gomphos Bed; Wulanboerhe; 7 Miles SW (235 degrees) of Camp Margetts; Ulan Balak

Where: Nei Mongol, China (43.4° N, 110.8° E: paleocoordinates 44.4° N, 102.8° E)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Nomogen Formation, Bumbanian (55.8 - 48.6 Ma)

• NM-3

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; gray mudstone and claystone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected in 2002 - 2003; reposited in the IVPP

Collection methods: bulk, sieve,

• locality discovered in 2002; "screenwashing" used in 2003

Primary reference: J. Meng, G. J. Bowen, J. Ye, P. L. Koch, S. Ting, Q. Li, and X. Jin. 2004. Gomphos elkema (Glires, Mammalia) from the Erlian Basin: evidence for the early Tertiary Bumbanian Land Mammal Age in Nei-Mongol, China. 3425:1-24 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 72202: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 27.05.2007, edited by Philip Mannion

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