Gashato (AMNH): Late/Upper Paleocene, Mongolia
collected 1923 1925
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Dinocerata
- Prodinoceratidae
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Prodinoceras martyr n. gen., n. sp.
Matthew et al. 1929
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Matthew et al. 1929 | |||||||||
AMNH 21714 - holotype (crushed palate and lower jaws) | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Multituberculata
- Lambdopsalidae
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Sphenopsalis nobilis n. gen., n. sp.
Matthew et al. 1928
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AMNH 21736 - holotype (left m2) | ||||||||||
Prionessus lucifer n. gen., n. sp.
Matthew and Granger 1925
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Matthew and Granger 1925 | |||||||||
AMNH 20423 - holotype (lower jaw); referred material (Matthew et al. 1928): AMNH 21710 (lower jaw), 21717 (palate) and 21724 (teeth) | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Anagalida
- Anagalidae
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Pseudictops lophiodon n. gen., n. sp.
Matthew et al. 1929
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Matthew et al. 1929 | |||||||||
AMNH 21727 - holotype (part of left lower jaw); paratype: AMNH 21712 (part of right upper jaw) | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Arctostylopidae
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Palaeostylops sp.
Matthew and Granger 1925
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Matthew and Granger 1925 | |||||||||
AMNH 20422 (tooth) | ||||||||||
Palaeostylops iturus n. gen., n. sp.
Matthew and Granger 1925
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Matthew and Granger 1925 | |||||||||
AMNH 20414 - holotype (lower jaw); paratype: AMNH 20415 (upper jaw) | ||||||||||
Palaeostylops macrodon n. sp.
Matthew et al. 1929
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Matthew et al. 1929 | |||||||||
AMNH 21725 - type (left lower jaw); paratypes: AMNH 20416 (right lower jaw), 22144 (left upper jaw) and 22142 (right upper jaw) | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Eurymylidae
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Eurymylus laticeps n. gen., n. sp.
Matthew and Granger 1925
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Matthew and Granger 1925 | |||||||||
AMNH 20422 - holotype (upper jaw); referred material (Matthew et al. 1929): AMNH 21735 and 21738 (lower jaws) and 21737 (upper left jaw) | ||||||||||
Baenomys ambiguus n. gen., n. sp.
Matthew and Granger 1925
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Matthew and Granger 1925 | |||||||||
synonym of Eurymylus laticeps | ||||||||||
AMNH 20424 - holotype (lower jaw fragment) | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Nyctitheriidae
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Praolestes nanus n. gen., n. sp.
Matthew et al. 1929
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Matthew et al. 1929 | |||||||||
AMNH 21718 - holotype (part of left lower jaw) | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Phenacolophidae
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Phenacolophus fallax n. gen., n. sp.
Matthew and Granger 1925
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Matthew and Granger 1925 | |||||||||
AMNH 20411 - holotype (lower and upper jaws); paratype: AMNH 20430 (symphyseal parts of three lower jaws); additional referred material | ||||||||||
Procoryphodon primaevus n. gen., n. sp.
Flerow 1957
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Flerow 1957 | |||||||||
synonym of Phenacolophus fallax | ||||||||||
PIN 476-1 - holotype (fragment of left lower jaw with teeth); referred material: PIN 476-2 (piece of right lower jaw with teeth) | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Sarcodontidae
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Hyracolestes ermineus n. gen., n. sp.
Matthew and Granger 1925
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Matthew and Granger 1925 | |||||||||
AMNH 20425 - holotype (lower jaw) | ||||||||||
Sarcodon pygmaeus n. gen., n. sp.
Matthew and Granger 1925
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Matthew and Granger 1925 | |||||||||
AMNH 20427 - holotype (upper molar) | ||||||||||
Opisthopsalis vetus n. gen., n. sp.
Matthew et al. 1929
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Matthew et al. 1929 | |||||||||
synonym of Sarcodon pygmaeus | ||||||||||
AMNH 21701 - holotype (very badly crushed skull and jaws) | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
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Testudines indet.
Batsch 1788
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Gilmore 1931 | |||||||||
"chelonian" | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Mongolia | State/province: | Omngov |
Coordinates: | 44.0° North, 104.0° East (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 44.2° North, 95.1° East | ||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Paleocene |
Stage: | Thanetian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 1 |
Key time interval: | Late/Upper Paleocene | ||
Age range of interval: | 58.70000 - 55.80000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Khashat |
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | not reported |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Museum repositories: | AMNH | Collection dates: | 1923 and 1925 |
Metadata
Also known as: | Flaming Cliffs; Khashat; Khashaat; Hashiato | ||
Database number: | 133403 | ||
Authorizer: | P. Mannion, P. Holroyd | Enterer: | P. Mannion, P. Holroyd |
Modifier: | P. Mannion | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2012-09-12 02:26:08 | Last modified: | 2013-02-14 05:31:28 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2012-09-12 02:26:08 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
42964. | W. D. Matthew, W. Granger, and G. G. Simpson. 1928. Paleocene Multituberculates from Mongolia. American Museum Novitates 331:1-4 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] |
Secondary references:
44896 | C. C. Flerow. 1957. A new coryphodont from Mongolia, and on evolution and distribution of Pantodonta. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 1(2):73-81 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] | |
34192 | ETE | C. W. Gilmore. 1931. Fossil turtles of Mongolia. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 59:213-257 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
42962 | W. D. Matthew and W. Granger. 1925. Fauna and correlation of the Gashato Formation of Mongolia. American Museum Novitates 189:1-12 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] | |
42961 | W. D. Matthew, W. Granger, and G. G. Simpson. 1929. Additions to the fauna of the Gashato Formation of Mongolia. American Museum Novitates 376:1-12 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] |