Also known as East Mesa; Hospital Camp; Ulan Gochu
Where: Nei Mongol, China (42.4° N, 111.2° E: paleocoordinates 42.8° N, 107.9° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Baron Sog Formation, Late/Upper Oligocene (28.4 - 23.0 Ma)
• immediately above the Ulan Gochu, separated by a "sharp unconformity," and thought to be younger than the Hsanda Gol, so perhaps late Oligocene (or younger)
•estimated thickness 35 feet throughout the area
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collected in 1928; reposited in the AMPG
Primary reference: H. F. Osborn. 1929. Embolotherium, gen. nov., of the Ulan Gochu, Mongolia. American Museum Novitates 353:1-20 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 73807: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 29.06.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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"cf. Baluchitherium sp." = Paraceratherium
"cf. Baluchitherium sp." = Paraceratherium Forster Cooper 1911 odd-toed ungulate "a specific and perhaps generic stage more advanced than Baluchitherium"
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