Ulantatal (UTL3): Late/Upper Oligocene, China
collected 1987

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Eucricetodon informal sp. 1 Thaler 1966
IVPP V17647.1
Eucricetodon asiaticus (Matthew and Granger 1923)
IVPP V17624
Eucricetodon bagus Gomes Rodrigues et al. 2012
IVPP V17638
Eucricetodon jilantaiensis Gomes Rodrigues et al. 2012
IVPP V17631
Witenia yolua n. sp. Gomes Rodrigues et al. 2012
IVPP V17654.1 - type
Mammalia - Rodentia - Zapodidae
Shamosminthus tongi Huang 1992
Huang 1992
IVPP V10312
? Gobiosminthus sp. Huang 1992
Huang 1992
IVPP V10308
Mammalia - Rodentia - Dipodidae
Parasminthus parvulus Bohlin 1946
Huang 1992
recombined as Bohlinosminthus parvulus
IVPP V10158
Parasminthus tangingoli Bohlin 1946
Huang 1992
IVPP V10151
Parasminthus asiaecentralis Bohlin 1946
Huang 1992
IVPP V10131 and V10132
Mammalia - Rodentia - Ctenodactylidae
Tataromys minor (Huang 1985)
Vianey-Liaud et al. 2006
Tataromyinae informal n. gen. 1
Vianey-Liaud et al. 2006
    = Huangomys frequens Schmidt-Kittler et al. 2007
Gomes Rodrigues et al. 2014
see common names

Geography
Country:China State/province:Nei Mongol
Coordinates: 39.2° North, 105.6° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:39.5° North, 102.3° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Oligocene
Stage:Chattian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 4
Key time interval:Late/Upper Oligocene
Age range of interval:28.40000 - 23.03000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Ulantatal
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Ulan II (late Oligocene)
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:fine sandstone
Secondary lithology: siltstone
Lithology description: Fine grained sandstones and siltstones
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:IVPP
Collection dates:1987
Metadata
Also known as:Ulan II
Database number:175407
Authorizer:P. Mannion Enterer:P. Mannion
Modifier:P. Mannion Research group:vertebrate
Created:2015-12-11 10:47:44 Last modified:2015-12-11 10:49:08
Access level:the public Released:2015-12-11 10:47:44
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

57358. H. Gomes Rodrigues, L. Marivaux, and M. Vianey-Liaud. 2012. The Cricetidae (Rodentia, Mammalia) from the Ulantatal area (Inner Mongolia, China): New data concerning the evolution of Asian cricetids during the Oligocene. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 56:160-179 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/P. Mannion]

Secondary references:

57614 H. Gomes Rodrigues, L. Marivaux, and M. Vianey-Liaud. 2014. Rodent paleocommunities from the Oligocene of Ulantatal (Inner Mongolia, China). Palaeovertebrata 38(1):e3:1-11 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
57590 X. Huang. 1992. Zapodidae (Rodentia, Mammalia) from the Middle Oligocene of Ulantatal, Nei Mongol. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 30(4):249-286 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
57587 M. Vianey-Liaud, N. Schmidt-Kittler, and L. Marivaux. 2006. The Ctenodactylidae (Rodentia) from the Oligocene of Ulantatal (Inner Mongolia, China). Palaeovertebrata 34(3-4):111-206 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]