Chimney Butte, North Mesa: Middle Eocene, Mongolia
collected by Central Asiatic Expedition of the AMNH 1928

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Rodentia - Echimyidae
cf. Advenimus sp. Dawson 1964
Dawson 1964
AMNH 26291-26293
    = Boromys marydawsonae n. sp. Tong 1997
Tong 1997
Mammalia - Rodentia
Advenimus bohlini n. sp. Dawson 1964
Dawson 1964
recombined as Saykanomys bohlini
AMNH 26294 - type
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Shamolagus grangeri n. gen., n. sp. Burke 1941
Burke 1941
AMNH 26289 - holotype
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Paraceratheriidae
Forstercooperia ulanshirehensis n. sp. Wang et al. 2018
Wang et al. 2018
AMNH 21608
Mammalia - Creodonta - Oxyaenidae
Sarkastodon mongoliensis Granger 1938
Granger 1938
AMNH 26302
Mammalia - Didymoconida
Kennatherium shirensis n. gen., n. sp. Mellett and Szalay 1968
Mellett and Szalay 1968
corrected as Kennatherium shirense
AMNH 26295 - holotype (posterior part of mandible)
Mammalia - Pantolambdodontidae
Pantolambdodon inermis n. gen., n. sp. Granger and Gregory 1934
Granger and Gregory 1934
AMNH 21558 - holotype; paratypes: AMNH 21748 and 22100
Pantolambdodon fortis n. sp. Granger and Gregory 1934
Granger and Gregory 1934
AMNH 26127 - type
Reptilia - Testudines - Adocidae
cf. Adocus orientalis Gilmore 1931
Danilov et al. 2011
Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae
Testudo ulanensis n. sp. Gilmore 1931
Brinkman et al. 2008
AMNH 6691 holotype (a portion of plastron and some costals and peripherals)
Reptilia - Testudines
Anosteira mongoliensis n. sp. Gilmore 1931
1 specimen
AMNH 6697 (holotype articulated hyoplastron, hypoplastron and xiphiplastron, attached to portions of the carapace rim of both sides)
Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionychidae indet. Gray 1825
1 specimen
AMNH field number 598, 'parts of a large trionychid turtle'
Reptilia - Agamidae
Tinosaurus asiaticus n. sp. Gilmore 1943
Gilmore 1943 1 specimen
AMNH 6717 (holotype), median portion of right ramus with 4 posterior teeth
see common names

Geography
Country:Mongolia
Coordinates: 44.1° North, 103.6° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:45.1° North, 97.1° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
Key time interval:Middle Eocene
Age range of interval:48.60000 - 37.20000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Ulan Shireh
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (in situ),field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:AMNH
Collectors:Central Asiatic Expedition of the AMNH Collection dates:1928
Metadata
Also known as:8 miles north of Tukhum Lamasery; Wulanhuxiu; Buckshot Quarry
Database number:127656
Authorizer:R. Benson, D. Nicholson, P. Barrett, P. Mannion Enterer:R. Benson, P. Mannion, T. Cleary, D. Nicholson
Modifier:P. Mannion Research group:vertebrate
Created:2012-05-21 19:45:05 Last modified:2018-06-19 09:36:16
Access level:the public Released:2012-05-21 19:45:05
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

34192.ETE C. W. Gilmore. 1931. Fossil turtles of Mongolia. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 59:213-257 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]

Secondary references:

58770 D. B. Brinkman, J.-L. Li, and X.-K. Ye. 2008. Order Testudines. In J. Li, X. Wu, F. Zhange (eds.), The Chinese Fossil Reptiles and Their Kin 35-102 [D. Nicholson/D. Nicholson/D. Nicholson]
57113 J. J. Burke. 1941. New fossil Leporidae from Mongolia. American Museum Novitates 1117:1-23 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
37404ETE I. G. Danilov, V. B. Sukhanov, and E. V. Syromyatnikova. 2011. New Asiatic materials on turtles of the family Adocidae with a review of the adocid record in Asia. Proceedings of the Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences 315(2):101-132 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/P. Mannion]
60551 M. R. Dawson. 1964. Late Eocene rodents (Mammalia) from Inner Mongolia. American Museum Novitates 2191:1-15 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
12062ETE C. W. Gilmore. 1943. Fossil lizards of Mongolia. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 81(4):361-384 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/R. Benson]
60689 W. Granger. 1938. A giant oxyaenid from the Upper Eocene of Mongolia. American Museum Novitates 969:1-5 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
60688 W. Granger and W. K. Gregory. 1934. An apparently new family of amblypod mammals from Mongolia. American Museum Novitates 720:1-8 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
57033 J. S. Mellett and F. S. Szalay. 1968. Kennatherium shirensis (Mammalia, Palaeoryctoidea), a new didymoconid from the Eocene of Asia. American Museum Novitates 2342:1-7 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
61481 Y. Tong. 1997. Middle Eocene Small Mammals from Liguanqiao Basin of Henan Province and Yuanqu Basin of Shanxi Province, Central China. Palaeontologica Sinica, New Series C 26:1-256 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
66014 H.-B. Wang, B. Bai, J. Meng and Y.-Q. Wang. 2018. A New Species of Forstercooperia (Perissodactyla: Paraceratheriidae) from Northern China with a Systematic Revision of Forstercooperiines. American Museum Novitates 3897:1-41 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
66016 H. E. Wood. 1939. Addendum to American Museum Novitates No. 1012. American Museum Novitates 1012:1 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]