Also known as Taben Buluk; Dingdanggou fauna
Where: Gansu, China (40.5° N, 94.7° E: paleocoordinates 41.0° N, 90.6° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Paoniuquan Formation, Early/Lower Oligocene (33.9 - 28.4 Ma)
• "lower part of the Paoniuquan Formation"
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collected in 1999, 2001; reposited in the IVPP
Primary reference: B.-Y. Wang and Z.-X. Qiu. 2004. Discovery of early Oligocene mammalian fossils from Danghe area, Gansu, China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 42(2):130-143 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 77998: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 24.01.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Oligosciurus dangheensis n. gen. n. sp.
Oligosciurus dangheensis n. gen. n. sp. Wang and Qiu 2004 squirrel | |
Cricetidae indet. Fischer von Waldheim 1817 rodent | |
Coelodontomys asiaticus Wang 2001 mole rat | |
Tataromys cf. sigmodon Matthew and Granger 1923 gundi
Karakoromys decessus Matthew and Granger 1923 gundi | |
Parasminthus sp. Bohlin 1946 rodent | |
Desmatolagus gobiensis Matthew and Granger 1923 rabbit | |
Palaeoscaptor sp. Matthew and Granger 1924 hedgehog
Palaeoscaptor cf. acridens Matthew and Granger 1924 hedgehog | |
Parabrachyodus sp. Forster-Cooper 1915 anthracothere | |
Allacerops sp. Wood 1932 odd-toed ungulate | |
Schizotherium ordosium Hu 1959 chalicothere |