PBDB Collection

List of taxa

Where & when

Geology

Taphonomy & methods

Metadata & references

Taxonomic list

Mammalia - Rodentia - Ctenodactylidae

	Karakoromys decessus n. gen., n. sp. Matthew and Granger 1923	Matthew and Granger 1923
	AMNH 19070 - type

	Tataromys sigmodon n. sp. Matthew and Granger 1923	Matthew and Granger 1923
	AMNH 19079 - type

	Tataromys plicidens n. gen., n. sp. Matthew and Granger 1923	Matthew and Granger 1923
	AMNH 19082 - type; paratypes: AMNH 19081, 19083 and 19084
Mammalia - Rodentia - Bathyergidae

	Tsaganomys altaicus n. gen., n. sp. Matthew and Granger 1923	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	Matthew and Granger 1923
	AMNH 19096 - type; paratypes: AMNH 19095, 19097 and 19098
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cylindrodontidae

	Prosciurus lohiculus n. sp. Matthew and Granger 1923	Matthew and Granger 1923
	recombined as Anomoemys lohiculus
	AMNH 19100 - type
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae

	Eumys asiaticus n. sp. Matthew and Granger 1923	Matthew and Granger 1923
	recombined as Eucricetodon asiaticus
	AMNH 19094 - type

	Selenomys mimicus n. gen., n. sp. Matthew and Granger 1923	Matthew and Granger 1923
	AMNH 19085 - type; paratypes: AMNH 19086-19093

	Cricetops dormitor n. gen., n. sp. Matthew and Granger 1923	Matthew and Granger 1923
	AMNH 19054 - type; paratypes: including AMNH 19051 and 19059
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae

	Desmatolagus robustus n. sp. Matthew and Granger 1923	Matthew and Granger 1923
	AMNH 19116 - type

	Desmatolagus gobiensis n. gen., n. sp. Matthew and Granger 1923	Matthew and Granger 1923
	type: AMNH 19103 (in text) but 19102 in the figure caption
Mammalia - Creodonta - Hyaenodontidae

	Hyaenodon pervagus n. sp. Matthew and Granger 1924	Matthew and Granger 1924
	AMNH 19005 - type; paratypes: AMNH 19002, 19006, 19015, 19125 and 19126
Mammalia - Carnivora

	Palaeoprionodon gracilis n. sp. Matthew and Granger 1924	Matthew and Granger 1924
	recombined as Asiavorator gracilis
	AMNH 19123 - type

	Asiavorator altidens n. gen., n. sp. Spassov and Lange-Badré 1995	Spassov and Lange-Badré 1995
	synonym of Asiavorator gracilis
	FM 487-95 - holotype
Mammalia - Carnivora - Palaeogalidae

	Bunaelurus parvulus n. sp. Matthew and Granger 1924	Matthew and Granger 1924
	synonym of Palaeogale sectoria
	AMNH 19013 - type

	Bunaelurus ulysses n. sp. Matthew and Granger 1924	Matthew and Granger 1924
	synonym of Palaeogale sectoria
	AMNH 19004 - type
Mammalia - Carnivora

	Viverravus constans n. sp. Matthew and Granger 1924	Matthew and Granger 1924
	recombined as Shandgolictis constans
	AMNH 19130 - type

	Cynodictis elegans n. sp. Matthew and Granger 1924	Matthew and Granger 1924
	recombined as Stenoplesictis elegans
	AMNH 19016 - type
Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae

	Pachycynodon teilhardi n. sp. Matthew and Granger 1924	Matthew and Granger 1924
	recombined as Amphicynodon teilhardi
	AMNH 19007 - type
Mammalia - Carnivora

	Amphicticeps shackelfordi n. gen., n. sp. Matthew and Granger 1924	Matthew and Granger 1924
	AMNH 19010 - holotype
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Paraceratheriidae

	Baluchitherium grangeri n. sp. Osborn 1923	Osborn 1923
	recombined as Paraceratherium grangeri
	AMNH 18650 - type; referred specimen: AMNH 18652
Mammalia - Changlelestidae

	Tupaiodon morrisi Matthew and Granger 1924	Matthew and Granger 1924
	AMNH 19134 - holotype

	Tupaiodon minutus Matthew and Granger 1924	Matthew and Granger 1924
	recombined as Zaraalestes minutus
	AMNH 19135 - type
Mammalia - Erinaceidae

	Palaeoscaptor rectus n. sp. Matthew and Granger 1924	Matthew and Granger 1924
	AMNH 19146 - type
Mammalia - Didymoconida

	Didymoconus colgatei n. gen., n. sp. Matthew and Granger 1924	Matthew and Granger 1924
	AMNH 19124 - holotype; paratypes: AMNH 19003 and 19004

	Didymoconus berkeyi n. sp. Matthew and Granger 1924	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]