Abzag Ovoo, ABO-083: Late Oligocene, Mongolia
collected by joint Austrian-Mongolian project

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Rodentia - Ctenodactylidae
Yindirtemys shevyrevae Vianey-Liaud et al. 2006
Daxner-Höck et al. 2017
Tataromys minor (Huang 1985)
Daxner-Höck et al. 2017
Mammalia - Rodentia - Dipodidae
Bohlinosminthus parvulus (Bohlin 1946)
Daxner-Höck et al. 2017
Heosminthus chimidae Daxner-Höck et al. 2014
Daxner-Höck et al. 2014
NHMW 2013/0155/0001
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Cricetidae indet. Fischer von Waldheim 1817
Daxner-Höck et al. 2017
Eocricetodon cf. meridionalis (Wang and Meng 1986)
Daxner-Höck et al. 2017
Bagacricetodon tongi Gomes Rodrigues et al. 2012
NHMW2015/0319/0001-2
Eucricetodon cf. bagus Gomes Rodrigues et al. 2012
López-Guerrero et al. 2017
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Desmatolagus sp. Matthew and Granger 1923
Daxner-Höck et al. 2017
Desmatolagus gobiensis Matthew and Granger 1923
Daxner-Höck et al. 2017
Desmatolagus cf. simplex (Argyropulo 1940)
Daxner-Höck et al. 2017
Mammalia - Erinaceidae
Amphechinus taatsiingolensis Ziegler et al. 2007
Daxner-Höck et al. 2017
see common names

Geography
Country:Mongolia State/province:Övörkhangai County:Guchin-Us
Coordinates: 45.3° North, 102.1° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:45.9° North, 99.0° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Altitude:1430 meters
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period: Paleogene Epoch: Oligocene
Stage: Chattian 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 4
Key time interval: Late Oligocene Mammal zone:  C
Age range of interval: 27.82 - 23.03 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Local section:ABO Local bed:083
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:terrestrial indet. Tectonic setting:rift
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:NHMW
Collectors:joint Austrian-Mongolian project
Metadata
Also known as:Valley of Lakes; ABO 083
Database number:187257
Authorizer:P. Mannion, P. Coster Enterer:P. Mannion, P. Coster
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2017-07-18 09:05:06 Last modified:2017-07-18 09:05:06
Access level:the public Released:2017-07-18 09:05:06
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
62798. P. López-Guerrero, O. Maridet, and G. Daxner-Höck. 2017. Cricetidae (Rodentia, Mammalia) from the Oligocene of the Valley of Lakes (Mongolia): the genera Aralocricetodon, Eocricetodon, Bagacricetodon, Witenia and Paracricetodon. Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments 97(1):93-109 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]

Secondary references:

62824 G. Daxner-Höck, D. Badamgarav, and O. Maridet. 2014. Dipodidae (Rodentia, Mammalia) from the Oligocene and Early Miocene of Mongolia. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, Serie A 116:131-214 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
68908 G. Daxner-Höck, D. Badamgarav, R. Barsbold, B. Bayarmaa, M. Erbajeva, U.B. Göhlich, and Y. Khand. 2017. Oligocene stratigraphy across the Eocene and Miocene boundaries in the Valley of Lakes (Mongolia). Palaeobiodiversity and palaeoenvironments 97(1):111-218 [P. Coster/P. Coster]
62799 P. López-Guerrero, O. Maridet, and G. Daxner-Höck. 2017. Evolution of the genus Eucricetodon (Rodentia, Mammalia) from the Valley of Lakes (Mongolia): a taxonomical description and update on the stratigraphical distribution. Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments 97(1):67-89 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]