Loh: Early/Lower Oligocene, Mongolia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Ctenodactylidae
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Karakoromys decessus n. gen., n. sp.
Matthew and Granger 1923
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Matthew and Granger 1923 | |||||||||
AMNH 19070 - type | ||||||||||
Tataromys sigmodon n. sp.
Matthew and Granger 1923
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Matthew and Granger 1923 | |||||||||
AMNH 19079 - type | ||||||||||
Tataromys plicidens n. gen., n. sp.
Matthew and Granger 1923
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Matthew and Granger 1923 | |||||||||
AMNH 19082 - type; paratypes: AMNH 19081, 19083 and 19084 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Bathyergidae
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Tsaganomys altaicus n. gen., n. sp.
Matthew and Granger 1923
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Matthew and Granger 1923 | |||||||||
AMNH 19019 - type; paratypes: AMNH 19020, 19029, 19030, 19033, 19037, 19038 | ||||||||||
Cyclomylus lohensis n. gen., n. sp.
Matthew and Granger 1923
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Matthew and Granger 1923 | |||||||||
AMNH 19096 - type; paratypes: AMNH 19095, 19097 and 19098 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cylindrodontidae
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Prosciurus lohiculus n. sp.
Matthew and Granger 1923
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Matthew and Granger 1923 | |||||||||
recombined as Anomoemys lohiculus | ||||||||||
AMNH 19100 - type | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Eumys asiaticus n. sp.
Matthew and Granger 1923
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Matthew and Granger 1923 | |||||||||
recombined as Eucricetodon asiaticus | ||||||||||
AMNH 19094 - type | ||||||||||
Selenomys mimicus n. gen., n. sp.
Matthew and Granger 1923
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Matthew and Granger 1923 | |||||||||
AMNH 19085 - type; paratypes: AMNH 19086-19093 | ||||||||||
Cricetops dormitor n. gen., n. sp.
Matthew and Granger 1923
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Matthew and Granger 1923 | |||||||||
AMNH 19054 - type; paratypes: including AMNH 19051 and 19059 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Leporidae
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Desmatolagus robustus n. sp.
Matthew and Granger 1923
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Matthew and Granger 1923 | |||||||||
AMNH 19116 - type | ||||||||||
Desmatolagus gobiensis n. gen., n. sp.
Matthew and Granger 1923
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Matthew and Granger 1923 | |||||||||
type: AMNH 19103 (in text) but 19102 in the figure caption | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Creodonta
- Hyaenodontidae
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Hyaenodon pervagus n. sp.
Matthew and Granger 1924
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Matthew and Granger 1924 | |||||||||
AMNH 19005 - type; paratypes: AMNH 19002, 19006, 19015, 19125 and 19126 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
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Palaeoprionodon gracilis n. sp.
Matthew and Granger 1924
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Matthew and Granger 1924 | |||||||||
recombined as Asiavorator gracilis | ||||||||||
AMNH 19123 - type | ||||||||||
Asiavorator altidens n. gen., n. sp.
Spassov and Lange-Badré 1995
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Spassov and Lange-Badré 1995 | |||||||||
synonym of Asiavorator gracilis | ||||||||||
FM 487-95 - holotype | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Palaeogalidae
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Bunaelurus parvulus n. sp.
Matthew and Granger 1924
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Matthew and Granger 1924 | |||||||||
synonym of Palaeogale sectoria | ||||||||||
AMNH 19013 - type | ||||||||||
Bunaelurus ulysses n. sp.
Matthew and Granger 1924
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Matthew and Granger 1924 | |||||||||
synonym of Palaeogale sectoria | ||||||||||
AMNH 19004 - type | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
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Viverravus constans n. sp.
Matthew and Granger 1924
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Matthew and Granger 1924 | |||||||||
recombined as Shandgolictis constans | ||||||||||
AMNH 19130 - type | ||||||||||
Cynodictis elegans n. sp.
Matthew and Granger 1924
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Matthew and Granger 1924 | |||||||||
recombined as Stenoplesictis elegans | ||||||||||
AMNH 19016 - type | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Ursidae
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Pachycynodon teilhardi n. sp.
Matthew and Granger 1924
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Matthew and Granger 1924 | |||||||||
recombined as Amphicynodon teilhardi | ||||||||||
AMNH 19007 - type | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
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Amphicticeps shackelfordi n. gen., n. sp.
Matthew and Granger 1924
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Matthew and Granger 1924 | |||||||||
AMNH 19010 - holotype | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Paraceratheriidae
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Baluchitherium grangeri n. sp.
Osborn 1923
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Osborn 1923 | |||||||||
recombined as Paraceratherium grangeri | ||||||||||
AMNH 18650 - type; referred specimen: AMNH 18652 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Changlelestidae
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Tupaiodon morrisi
Matthew and Granger 1924
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Matthew and Granger 1924 | |||||||||
AMNH 19134 - holotype | ||||||||||
Tupaiodon minutus
Matthew and Granger 1924
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Matthew and Granger 1924 | |||||||||
recombined as Zaraalestes minutus | ||||||||||
AMNH 19135 - type | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Erinaceidae
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Palaeoscaptor rectus n. sp.
Matthew and Granger 1924
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Matthew and Granger 1924 | |||||||||
AMNH 19146 - type | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Didymoconida
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Didymoconus colgatei n. gen., n. sp.
Matthew and Granger 1924
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Matthew and Granger 1924 | |||||||||
AMNH 19124 - holotype; paratypes: AMNH 19003 and 19004 | ||||||||||
Didymoconus berkeyi n. sp.
Matthew and Granger 1924
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Matthew and Granger 1924 | |||||||||
nomen dubium belonging to Didymoconida | ||||||||||
AMNH 19001 - type | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Mongolia |
Coordinates: | 45.3° North, 101.8° East (view map) |
Paleocoordinates: | 46.7° North, 99.3° East |
Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Oligocene |
Stage: | Rupelian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 4 |
Key time interval: | Early/Lower Oligocene | ||
Age range of interval: | 33.90000 - 27.82000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Hsanda Gol | Member: | Tatal |
Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | not reported |
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body,original phosphate |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Museum repositories: | AMNH |
Metadata
Database number: | 53979 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Uhen, P. Mannion | Enterer: | M. Uhen, P. Mannion |
Modifier: | P. Mannion | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2005-09-20 12:43:13 | Last modified: | 2015-11-30 08:51:59 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-09-20 12:43:13 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
14576. | X. Wang, M. C. McKenna, and D. Dashzeveg. 2005. Amphicticeps and Amphicynodon (Arctoidea, Carnivora) from Hsanda Gol Formation, Central Mongolia and phylogeny of basal arctoids with comments on zoogeography. American Museum Novitates 3483:1-57 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/J. Alroy] |
Secondary references:
57222 | W. D. Matthew and W. Granger. 1923. Nine new rodents from the Oligocene of Mongolia. American Museum Novitates 102:1-10 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] | |
57223 | W. D. Matthew and W. Granger. 1923. New Bathyergidae from the Oligocene of Mongolia. American Museum Novitates 101:1-5 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] | |
25407 | W. D. Matthew and W. Granger. 1924. New insectivores and ruminants from the Tertiary of Mongolia, with remarks on the correlation. American Museum Novitates 105:1-7 [L. van den Hoek Ostende/L. van den Hoek Ostende/L. van den Hoek Ostende] | |
57672 | W. D. Matthew and W. Granger. 1924. New Carnivora from the Tertiary of Mongolia. American Museum Novitates 104:1-9 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] | |
59845 | H. F. Osborn. 1923. Baluchitherium grangeri, a giant hornless rhinoceros from Mongolia. American Museum Novitates 78:1-15 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] | |
58009 | N. Spassov and B. Lange-Badré. 1995. Asiavorator altidens gen. et sp. nov., un mammifère carnivore nouveau de l'Oligocène supérieur de Mongolie. Annales de Paléontologie 81(3):109-123 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/P. Mannion] |