Ulantatal (UTL4): Late/Upper Oligocene, China
collected 1987

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cylindrodontidae
Anomoemys lohiculus (Matthew and Granger 1923)
Gomes Rodrigues et al. 2014
IVPP V17670.1-2
Mammalia - Rodentia - Dipodidae
Parasminthus parvulus Bohlin 1946
Huang 1992
recombined as Bohlinosminthus parvulus
IVPP V10159 and V10160
Parasminthus tangingoli Bohlin 1946
Huang 1992
IVPP V10152 and V10153
Parasminthus asiaecentralis Bohlin 1946
Huang 1992
IVPP V10133
Mammalia - Rodentia - Zapodidae
Shamosminthus tongi Huang 1992
Huang 1992
IVPP V10313 and V10314
? Gobiosminthus sp. Huang 1992
Huang 1992
IVPP V10139 and V10310
Gobiosminthus qiui Huang 1992
Huang 1992
IVPP V10165 and V10166
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Pseudocricetops matthewi n. gen., n. sp. Gomes Rodrigues et al. 2012
IVPP V17661.1 - type
Cricetops dormitor Matthew and Granger 1923
IVPP V17659.1
IVPP V 17655
Eucricetodon aff. caducus (Shevyreva 1967)
original and current combination Cricetops caducus
IVPP V17644.1-2
Eucricetodon jilantaiensis n. sp. Gomes Rodrigues et al. 2012
IVPP V17632.1 - type
Eucricetodon asiaticus (Matthew and Granger 1923)
IVPP V17625
Eucricetodon bagus n. sp. Gomes Rodrigues et al. 2012
IVPP V17639.1 - type
Ulaancricetodon badamae Daxner-Höck 2000
Gomes Rodrigues et al. 2014
Mammalia - Rodentia - Ctenodactylidae
Tataromyinae informal n. gen. 1
Vianey-Liaud et al. 2006
    = Huangomys frequens Schmidt-Kittler et al. 2007
Gomes Rodrigues et al. 2014
Yindirtemys ulantatalensis (Huang 1985)
Vianey-Liaud et al. 2006
Yindirtemys bohlini (Huang 1985)
Vianey-Liaud et al. 2006
Yindirtemys shevyrevae Vianey-Liaud et al. 2006
Vianey-Liaud et al. 2006
Ctenodactylinae informal n. gen.
Vianey-Liaud et al. 2006
Helanshania deserta Vianey-Liaud et al. 2010
Vianey-Liaud et al. 2010
UTL4-70 and UTL4-71
Alashania tengkoliensis Vianey-Liaud et al. 2006
Vianey-Liaud et al. 2006
Tataromys sigmodon Matthew and Granger 1923
Vianey-Liaud et al. 2006
Tataromys minor (Huang 1985)
Vianey-Liaud et al. 2006
Tataromys plicidens Matthew and Granger 1923
Vianey-Liaud et al. 2006
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:27.82000 - 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:175408
Authorizer:P. Mannion Enterer:P. Mannion
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2015-12-11 10:49:19 Last modified:2015-12-11 10:49:19
Access level:the public Released:2015-12-11 10:49:19
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]
57579 M. Vianey-Liaud, H. Gomes Rodrigues, and L. Marivaux. 2010. A new Oligocene Ctenodactylinae (Rodentia: Mammalia) from Ulantatal (nei Mongol): new insight on the phylogenetic origins of the modern Ctenodactylidae. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 160:531-550 [P. Mannion/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]