Ulaan Khongil: Early/Lower Oligocene, Mongolia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Crythiosauridae
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Crythiosaurus mongoliensis n. gen., n. sp.
Gilmore 1943
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Gilmore 1943 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| AMNH 6629 (holotype), imperfect skull, posterior portions of both rami, and two cervical vertebrae | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Aplodontidae
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Prosciurus pisinnus n. sp.
Wang and Dashzeveg 2005
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Wang and Dashzeveg 2005 | |||||||||
| PC 17246 - type | ||||||||||
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Prosciurus mongoliensis
Wang and Dashzeveg 2005
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Wang and Dashzeveg 2005 | |||||||||
| PC 17265 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
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Stenoplesictis elegans
(Matthew and Granger 1924)
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Dashzeveg 1996 | |||||||||
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Palaeoprionodon gracilis
Matthew and Granger 1924
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Dashzeveg 1996 | |||||||||
| recombined as Asiavorator gracilis | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Palaeogalidae
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Palaeogale sp.
von Meyer 1846
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Dashzeveg 1996 | |||||||||
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Palaeogale sectoria
(Gervais 1848)
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Lange-Badre and Dashzeveg 1989 | |||||||||
| ZPAL MgM III/88-95 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
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Amphicticeps makhchinus n. sp.
Wang et al. 2005
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Ursidae
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Amphicynodon teilhardi
(Matthew and Granger 1924)
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| ZPAL MgM III/96 and 97 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Mongolia | State/province: | Övörkhangai |
| Coordinates: | 45.3° North, 101.6° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 46.8° North, 99.2° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
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: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | gravel |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| 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 |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Grand Canyon; Tatal Gol | ||
| Database number: | 53978 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen, P. Mannion, P. Barrett | Enterer: | M. Uhen, T. Cleary, P. Mannion |
| Modifier: | T. Cleary | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-09-20 12:37:57 | Last modified: | 2016-07-20 10:49:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-09-20 12:37:57 |
| 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:
| 57193 | D. Dashzeveg. 1996. Some Carnivorous Mammals from the Paleogene of Eastern Gobi Desert, Mongolia, and the application of Oligocene carnivores to stratigraphic correlation. American Museum Novitates 3179:1-14 [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] |
| 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] | |
| 57988 | B.-Y. Wang and D. Dashzeveg. 2005. New Oligocene sciurids and aplodontids (Rodentia, Mammalia) from Mongolia. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 43(2):85-99 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] |