Tatal Gol (Oligocene of Mongolia)

Where: Mongolia (45.3° N, 101.6° E: paleocoordinates 46.7° N, 99.2° E)

When: Hsanda Gol Formation, Early/Lower Oligocene (33.9 - 28.4 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Reposited in the AMNH

Primary reference: A. Sulimski. 1970. On some Oligocene insectivore remains from Mongolia. Paleontologia Polonica 21:53-70 [L. van den Hoek Ostende/L. van den Hoek Ostende]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 77772: authorized by Lars van den Hoek Ostende, entered by Lars van den Hoek Ostende on 19.01.2008, edited by John Alroy and Philip Mannion

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Carnivora - Felidae
Proailurus sp.2 Filhol 1879 cat
AMNH 21674, assigned to Eofelis by Peigné 1999
 Artiodactyla - Lophiomerycidae
Lophiomeryx sp.5 Pomel 1853 ruminant
NHMW 2001z0078/0001
 Artiodactyla - Praetragulidae
Praetragulus gobiae4 Matthew and Granger 1925 ruminant
PIN 475-1486 (fragment of upper jaw with M2-M3)
 Artiodactyla -
Palaeohypsodontus asiaticus n. gen. n. sp.3 Trofimov 1958 ruminant
PIN 473-110 - holotype
 Theriamorpha - Soricidae
Gobisorex kingae n. gen. n. sp.
Gobisorex kingae n. gen. n. sp. Sulimski 1970 shrew
 Theriamorpha - Changlelestidae
"Ictopidium tatalgolensis" = Zaraalestes minutus
"Ictopidium tatalgolensis" = Zaraalestes minutus Matthew and Granger 1924 placental
 Theriamorpha - Erinaceidae
Exallerix manahan n. sp.1 Lopatin and Zazhigin 2003 hedgehog
PIN 475/3029 - type