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
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cf. Advenimus sp.
Dawson 1964
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Dawson 1964 | |||||||||
AMNH 26291-26293 | ||||||||||
= Boromys marydawsonae n. sp.
Tong 1997
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Tong 1997 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
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Advenimus bohlini n. sp.
Dawson 1964
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Dawson 1964 | |||||||||
recombined as Saykanomys bohlini | ||||||||||
AMNH 26294 - type | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Leporidae
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Shamolagus grangeri n. gen., n. sp.
Burke 1941
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Burke 1941 | |||||||||
AMNH 26289 - holotype | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Paraceratheriidae
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Forstercooperia ulanshirehensis n. sp.
Wang et al. 2018
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Wang et al. 2018 | |||||||||
AMNH 21608 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Creodonta
- Oxyaenidae
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Sarkastodon mongoliensis
Granger 1938
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Granger 1938 | |||||||||
AMNH 26302 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Didymoconida
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Kennatherium shirensis n. gen., n. sp.
Mellett and Szalay 1968
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Mellett and Szalay 1968 | |||||||||
corrected as Kennatherium shirense | ||||||||||
AMNH 26295 - holotype (posterior part of mandible) | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Pantolambdodontidae
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Pantolambdodon inermis n. gen., n. sp.
Granger and Gregory 1934
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Granger and Gregory 1934 | |||||||||
AMNH 21558 - holotype; paratypes: AMNH 21748 and 22100 | ||||||||||
Pantolambdodon fortis n. sp.
Granger and Gregory 1934
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Granger and Gregory 1934 | |||||||||
AMNH 26127 - type | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Adocidae
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cf. Adocus orientalis
Gilmore 1931
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Danilov et al. 2011 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Testudinidae
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Testudo ulanensis n. sp.
Gilmore 1931
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Brinkman et al. 2008 | |||||||||
AMNH 6691 holotype (a portion of plastron and some costals and peripherals) | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
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Anosteira mongoliensis n. sp.
Gilmore 1931
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1 specimen | |||||||||
AMNH 6697 (holotype articulated hyoplastron, hypoplastron and xiphiplastron, attached to portions of the carapace rim of both sides) | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Trionychidae
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Trionychidae indet.
Gray 1825
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1 specimen | |||||||||
AMNH field number 598, 'parts of a large trionychid turtle' | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Agamidae
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Tinosaurus asiaticus n. sp.
Gilmore 1943
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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] | |
37404 | ETE | 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] | |
12062 | ETE | 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] |