Urtyn Obo "Lower White" Beds: Ulangochuian, China
collected 1928
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Brontotheriidae
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Embolotherium sp.
Osborn 1929
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Chalicotheriidae
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Schizotherium cf. avitum
Matthew and Granger 1923
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Coombs 1978 | |||||||||
| AMNH 26061 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Creodonta
- Hyaenodontidae
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Hyaenodon incertus
Dashzeveg 1985
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Lange-Badre and Dashzeveg 1989 | |||||||||
| AMNH 26068 | ||||||||||
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Hyaenodon pervagus
Matthew and Granger 1924
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Lange-Badre and Dashzeveg 1989 | |||||||||
| AMNH 26069 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | China | State/province: | Nei Mongol |
| Coordinates: | 42.6° North, 111.3° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 43.6° North, 106.3° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| Stage: | Priabonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 3 |
| Key time interval: | Ulangochuian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 37.71 - 33.9 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Ulan Gocho | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | member | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: thought to be younger than the Irdin Manha, Shara Murun, and Ardyn Obo, and older than the Houldjin, Hsanda Gol, and Baron Sog | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | white "siliciclastic" |
| Lithology description: none given, other than white beds | |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | AMNH | Collection dates: | 1928 |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Aliusu; Baluchithere Camp; East Mesa; Erden Obo | ||
| Database number: | 73808 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy, P. Mannion | Enterer: | J. Alroy, P. Mannion |
| Modifier: | P. Mannion | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2007-06-30 21:29:41 | Last modified: | 2016-08-10 06:35:38 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2007-06-30 21:29:41 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 24735. | H. F. Osborn. 1929. Embolotherium, gen. nov., of the Ulan Gochu, Mongolia. American Museum Novitates 353:1-20 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |
Secondary references:
| 60071 | M. C. Coombs. 1978. Additional Schizotherium material from China , and a review of Schizotherium dentitions (Perissodactyla, Chalicotheriidae). American Museum Novitates 2647:1-18 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] | |
| 58133 | B. Lange-Badre and D. Dashzeveg. 1989. On some Oligocene carnivorous mammals from Central Asia. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 34(2):125-148 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] |