DEL-B/12, Valley of Lakes, Central Mongolia (Oligocene of Mongolia)

Where: Mongolia (45.5° N, 101.4° E: paleocoordinates 46.6° N, 99.7° E)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Hsanda Gol Formation, Late/Upper Oligocene (28.4 - 23.0 Ma)

• Biozone C1 sensu Höck et al. (1999)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Reposited in the NHMW

Primary reference: R. Ziegler, T. Dahlmann, and G. Storch. 2007. 4. Marsupialia, Erinaceomorpha and Soricomorpha (Mammalia). In G. Daxner-Höck (ed.), Oligocene-Miocene Vertebrates from the Valley of Lakes (Central Mongolia): Morphology, phylogenetic and stratigraphic implications. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 108A:53-164 [L. van den Hoek Ostende/L. van den Hoek Ostende/T. Liebrecht]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 75599: authorized by Lars van den Hoek Ostende, entered by Lars van den Hoek Ostende on 19.10.2007, edited by Philip Mannion and Pauline Coster

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Theriamorpha - Soricidae
Crocidosoricinae indet.2 Reumer 1987 shrew
 Theriamorpha - Erinaceidae
Palaeoscaptor acridens2 Matthew and Granger 1924 hedgehog
Palaeoscaptor cf. rectus2 Matthew and Granger 1924 hedgehog
Amphechinus major n. sp. Ziegler et al. 2007 hedgehog
Amphechinus major2 Ziegler et al. 2007 hedgehog
Amphechinus minutissimus n. sp. Ziegler et al. 2007 hedgehog
Amphechinus minutissimus2 Ziegler et al. 2007 hedgehog
 Carnivora -
Amphicticeps shackelfordi2 Matthew and Granger 1924 carnivoran
 Creodonta - Hyaenodontidae
Hyaenodontidae indet.2 Leidy 1869 creodont
 Artiodactyla -
? Palaeohypsodontus sp.8 Trofimov 1958 ruminant
NHMW 2001z0117
Palaeohypsodontus sp.2 Trofimov 1958 ruminant
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Bovidae "gen. 2"8 Gray 1821 antelope
NHMW 2001z 0115/0001
Bovidae sp.2 Gray 1821 antelope
 Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae
Bohlinotona cf. pusilla3 Teilhard de Chardin 1926 pika
NHMW2013/0356/0000
Sinolagomys ulungurensis3 Tong 1989 pika
NHMW2013/0368/0000
Sinolagomys kansuensis2 Bohlin 1937 pika
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Desmatolagus cf. simplex2 Argyropulo 1940 rabbit
Desmatolagus cf. chinensis2 Erbajeva and Sen 1998 rabbit
Ordolagus cf. teilhardi3 Burke 1941 rabbit
NHMW2013/0382/0000
 Rodentia - Dipodidae
Bohlinosminthus parvulus2 Bohlin 1946 rodent
Parasminthus debruijni1 Lopatin 1999 rodent
NHMW 2013/0200/0001
Parasminthus cf. tangingoli1 Bohlin 1946 rodent
NHMW 2013/0196/0001
Parasminthus cf. asiaecentralis1 Bohlin 1946 rodent
NHMW 2013/0191/0001–0002
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Eucricetodon bagus5 Gomes Rodrigues et al. 2012 mouse
Bagacricetodon tongi4 Gomes Rodrigues et al. 2012 mouse
NHMW2015/0320/0001-3
Aralocricetodon schokensis4 Bendukidze 1993 mouse
NHMW2015/0325/0001-3
 Rodentia - Eomyidae
Asianeomys dangheensis6 Wang 2002 rodent
NHMW 2013/0066/0001-0002
 Rodentia - Bathyergidae
Tsaganomys altaicus2 Matthew and Granger 1923 mole rat
 Rodentia - Ctenodactylidae
Yindirtemys deflexus7 Teilhard de Chardin 1926 gundi
NHMW 2006z
Tataromys plicidens7 Matthew and Granger 1923 gundi
NHMW 2006z108/0001
Tataromys minor7 Huang 1985 gundi
NHMW 2006z103 (longiceps subspecies)