Sharga 2: Serravallian, Mongolia
collected by Zazhigin 1978

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Erinaceidae
Postexallerix mustelidens Lopatin and Zazhigin 2003
GIN, no. 1105/10
Reptilia - Anseriformes - Anatidae
Anatidae indet. Vigors 1825
Zelenkov 2012
Aix praeclara n. sp. Zelenkov and Kurochkin 2012
Zelenkov and Kurochkin 2012 1 specimen
Anas soporata Kurochkin 1976
Zelenkov and Kurochkin 2012 1 specimen
Mioquerquedula minutissima n. gen., n. sp. Zelenkov and Kurochkin 2012
Zelenkov and Kurochkin 2012 1 specimen
Nogusunna conflictoides n. gen., n. sp. Zelenkov 2011
Zelenkov 2011
Chenoanas deserta n. gen., n. sp. Zelenkov 2012
Zelenkov 2012 1 specimen
Chenoanas asiatica n. sp. Zelenkov et al. 2018
Zelenkov et al. 2018 2 specimens
Protomelanitta gracilis n. gen., n. sp. Zelenkov 2011
Zelenkov 2011
Sharganetta mongolica n. gen., n. sp. Zelenkov 2011
Zelenkov 2011
see common names

Geography
Country:Mongolia
Coordinates: 43.5° North, 100.5° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:43.4° North, 98.7° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period: Neogene Epoch: Miocene
Stage: Serravallian 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 5
Key time interval: Serravallian
Age range of interval: 13.82 - 11.63 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Oshin
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: MN 7+8
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collectors:Zazhigin Collection dates:1978
Metadata
Also known as:Shargain Gobi
Database number:180876
Authorizer:P. Mannion, M. Uhen Enterer:P. Mannion, M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2016-08-05 08:19:57 Last modified:2020-08-03 15:56:16
Access level:the public Released:2016-08-05 08:19:57
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

60068. A. V. Lopatin and V. S. Zazhigin. 2003. New Brachyericinae (Erinaceidae, Insectivora, Mammalia) from the Oligocene and Miocene of Asia. Paleontological Journal 37(1):62-75 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]

Secondary references:

65147 N. V. Zelenkov. 2011. Diving Ducks from the Middle Miocene of Western Mongolia. Paleontological Journal 45(2):191-199 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
65144 N. V. Zelenkov. 2012. A New Duck from the Middle Miocene of Mongolia, with Comments on Miocene Evolution of Ducks. Paleontological Journal 46(5):520-530 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
65128 N. V. Zelenkov and E. N. Kurochkin. 2012. Dabbling Ducks (Aves: Anatidae) from the Middle Miocene of Mongolia. Paleontological Journal 46(4):421-429 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
73265 N. V. Zelenkov, T. A. Stidham, N. Martynovich, N. V. Volkova, Q. Li and Z. Qui. 2018. The middle Miocene duck, Chenoanas (Aves, Anatidae): New species, phylogeny and geographical range. Papers in Paleontology 4(3):309-326 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]