Huheboerhe escarpment (IM-1): Middle Eocene, China

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Rodentia - Paramyidae
Li and Meng 2013
IVPP V17799-17802
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Li 2012
IVPP V16499
Li 2012
IVPP V16500
Li 2012
IVPP V16498.1 - type; referred material: IVPP V16498.2-43
Mammalia - Rodentia
Li and Meng 2015
IVPP V16504 - holotype
Tamquammys sp. Shevyreva 1971
Fostowicz-Frelik et al. 2015
Li and Meng 2015
IVPP V17798 - type
Tamquammys wilsoni n. sp. Dawson et al. 1984
Li and Meng 2015
IVPP V17811-V17812
Li and Meng 2015
IVPP V17805
Li and Meng 2015
IVPP V17806
Li and Meng 2015
IVPP V17807
Li and Meng 2015
IVPP V17803 - type; referred specimens: IVPP V17804
Li and Meng 2015
IVPP V16500 - holotype; referred specimen: IVPP V16501
Mammalia - Rodentia - Yuomyidae
Yuomyidae indet. Dawson et al. 1984
Fostowicz-Frelik et al. 2015
Mammalia - Mimotonidae
Meng and Kraatz 2009
IVPP V14669 - type; paratype: IVPP V14670; referred remains: V14671-14674
Mimolagus rodens Bohlin 1951
Fostowicz-Frelik et al. 2015
IVPP V20117, V20123, V20120, V20174, V20176, V20179, V20180
Mammalia - Lagomorpha
Fostowicz-Frelik et al. 2015
IVPP V20234, 20191, 20235, 20237, 20236, 20192 and 20239
Mammalia - Primates - Omomyidae
IVPP V16424 - holotype
Mammalia - Acreodi - Mesonychidae
Jin 2012
IVPP 15921, 17617, 17618
Mammalia - Acreodi
Fostowicz-Frelik et al. 2015
Mammalia - Creodonta - Hyaenodontidae
Fostowicz-Frelik et al. 2015
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Lophialetidae
Lophialetes expeditus Matthew and Granger 1925
Fostowicz-Frelik et al. 2015
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Deperetellidae
Fostowicz-Frelik et al. 2015
see common names

Geography
Country:China State/province:Nei Mongol
Coordinates: 43.3° North, 111.8° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:42.4° North, 107.6° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period: Paleogene Epoch: Eocene
10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 2-3
Key time interval: Middle Eocene
Age range of interval: 47.8 - 37.71 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Irdin Manha
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: lower part of the Irdin Manha Formation - IM-1 horizon (=level 10 of the
section)
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified muddy sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:fluvial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (in situ)
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:IVPP
Collection method comments: surface collecting or by screen washing
Metadata
Also known as:10 Miles Southwest of Camp Margetts; level 10 of the section
Database number:89041
Authorizer:K. Beard, P. Mannion Enterer:K. Beard, P. Mannion
Modifier:P. Mannion Research group:vertebrate
Created:2009-04-29 13:42:53 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2009-04-29 13:42:53
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
29863. X. Ni, J. Meng, K. C. Beard, D. L. Gebo, Y. Wang and C. Li. 2009. A new tarkadectine primate from the Eocene of Inner Mongolia, China: Phylogenetic and biogeographic implications. Proceedings of the Royal Society B (Biological Sciences) [K. Beard/K. Beard]

Secondary references:

57088 L. Fostowicz-Frelik, C. Li, F. Mao, J. Meng, and Y. Wang. 2015. A large mimotonid from the Middle Eocene of China sheds light on the evolution of lagomorphs and their kin. Scientific Reports 5:9394:1-9 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
57131 X. Jin. 2012. New Mesonychid (Mammalia) material from the lower Paleogene of the Erlian Basin, Nei Mongol, China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 50(3):245-257 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
57126 Q. Li. 2012. Middle Eocene cricetids (Rodentia, Mammalia) from the Erlian Basin, Nei Mongol, China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 50(3):237-244 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
57125 Q. Li and J. Meng. 2013. Eocene ischyromyids (Rodentia, Mammalia) from the Erlian Basin, Nei Mongol, China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 51(4):289-304 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
58150 Q. Li and J. Meng. 2015. New ctenodactyloid rodents from the Erlian Basin, Nei Mongol, China, and the phylogenetic relationships of Eocene Asian ctenodactyloids. American Museum Novitates 3828:1-58 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
57089 J. Meng and B. P. Kraatz. 2009. A new species of Gomphos (Glires, Mammalia) from the Eocene of the Erlian Basin, Nei Mongol, China. American Museum Novitates 3670:1-11 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]