Lower Part of Huheboerhe Section (Paleocene of China)

Also known as Wulanboerhe

Where: Nei Mongol, China (43.4° N, 110.8° E: paleocoordinates 44.3° N, 102.0° E)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Nomogen Formation, Gashatan (58.7 - 55.8 Ma)

• formation unnamed by Meng et al., but the Nomogen according to Ni et al.; material could be from anywhere between beds 1 and 9 in the measured section

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; fine-grained sandstone and claystone

• beds 1 through 5 and 8 are mostly fine-grained sandstones, and beds 6 and 7 are mudstones and claystones, and bed 9 is claystone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected in 2002; reposited in the IVPP

• locality discovered in 2002

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: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 72203: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 27.05.2007

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Taxonomic list

• species names omitted by Ni et al.
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Mammalia
 Tribosphenida - Arctostylopidae
Palaeostylops sp.
Palaeostylops sp. Matthew and Granger 1925 placental
 Dinocerata - Prodinoceratidae
Prodinoceras martyr
Prodinoceras martyr Matthew et al. 1929 uintathere
 Multituberculata - Lambdopsalidae
Lambdopsalis sp., Prionessus sp.
Lambdopsalis sp. Chow and Qi 1978 multituberculate
Prionessus sp. Matthew and Granger 1925 multituberculate