Ertemte 2 (Miocene of China)

Where: Nei Mongol, China (40.0° N, 114.0° E: paleocoordinates 39.9° N, 112.5° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)

• Considered a time equivalent of the European MN 13 faunas

Environment/lithology: lacustrine

Reposited in the IVPP

Primary reference: V. Fahlbusch. 1992. The Neogene mammalian faunas of Ertemte and Harr Obo in Inner Mongolia (Nei Mongol), China. - 10. Eozapus (Rodentia). Senckenbergiana lethaea 72:199-217 [L. van den Hoek Ostende/L. van den Hoek Ostende]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 68591: authorized by Lars van den Hoek Ostende, entered by Lars van den Hoek Ostende on 29.01.2007

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Theriamorpha - Soricidae
Alloblarinella sinica n. gen. n. sp.1 Storch 1995 shrew
Paenelimnoecus obtusus n. sp.1 Storch 1995 red-toothed shrew
Sorex ertemteensis n. sp.1 Storch 1995 long-tailed shrew
Sorex minutoides n. sp.1 Storch 1995 long-tailed shrew
Sorex pseudoalpinus1 Rzebik-Kowalska 1991 long-tailed shrew
Paranourosorex inexspectatus1 Schlosser 1924 red-toothed shrew
Cokia kowalskae n. gen. n. sp.1 Storch 1995 shrew
Paenepetenyia zhudingi n. gen. n. sp.1 Storch 1995 shrew
Zelceina kormosi1 Schlosser 1924 shrew
 Theriamorpha - Talpidae
Yanshuella primaeva2 Schlosser 1924 mole
Quyania chowi n. gen. n. sp.2 Storch and Qiu 1983 mole
 Rodentia - Zapodidae
Eozapus similis n. sp. Fahlbusch 1992 jumping mouse