Ulantatal (UTL8): Late/Upper Oligocene, China
collected 1987

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Rodentia - Ctenodactylidae
Yindirtemys ulantatalensis (Huang 1985)
Vianey-Liaud et al. 2006
Yindirtemys shevyrevae Vianey-Liaud et al. 2006
Vianey-Liaud et al. 2006
Yindirtemys bohlini (Huang 1985)
Vianey-Liaud et al. 2006
Yindirtemys deflexus (Teilhard de Chardin 1926)
Vianey-Liaud et al. 2006
original and current combination Tataromys deflexus
Tataromyinae informal n. sp, 3
Vianey-Liaud et al. 2006
Tataromyinae informal n. sp, 4
Vianey-Liaud et al. 2006
Alashania tengkoliensis Vianey-Liaud et al. 2006
Vianey-Liaud et al. 2006
Tataromys sigmodon Matthew and Granger 1923
Vianey-Liaud et al. 2006
Huangomys frequens Schmidt-Kittler et al. 2007
Gomes Rodrigues et al. 2014
Mammalia - Rodentia - Dipodidae
Parasminthus tangingoli Bohlin 1946
Huang 1992
IVPP V10157
Parasminthus asiaecentralis Bohlin 1946
Huang 1992
IVPP V10137
Parasminthus parvulus Bohlin 1946
Huang 1992
recombined as Bohlinosminthus parvulus
IVPP V10164
Mammalia - Rodentia - Zapodidae
Shamosminthus tongi n. gen., n. sp. Huang 1992
Huang 1992
IVPP V10315 - holotype
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Plesiodipus wangae Gomes Rodrigues et al. 2012
IVPP V17651.1
IVPP V 17657.1
Eucricetodon jilantaiensis Gomes Rodrigues et al. 2012
IVPP V17636
Eucricetodon asiaticus (Matthew and Granger 1923)
IVPP V17629
Eucricetodon bagus Gomes Rodrigues et al. 2012
IVPP V17643
Mammalia - Rodentia - Aplodontidae
Ninamys arboraptus Vianey-Liaud et al. 2013
Gomes Rodrigues et al. 2014
Promeniscomys sinensis Wang 1987
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:27.82000 - 23.03000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Ulantatal
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Ulan III (late Oligocene)
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: conglomerate
Secondary lithology: sandstone
Lithology description: Conglomerates, 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 III
Database number:175412
Authorizer:P. Mannion Enterer:P. Mannion
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2015-12-11 10:50:37 Last modified:2015-12-11 10:50:37
Access level:the public Released:2015-12-11 10:50:37
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]