Also known as 200203; 20 km northwest to Burqin City; north bank of the Irtysh River
Where: Xinjiang, China (47.8° N, 86.7° E: paleocoordinates 49.1° N, 83.8° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Keziletuogayi Formation, Early/Lower Oligocene (33.9 - 28.4 Ma)
• 115.5 m horizon
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; gray, green mudstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collected in 2002; reposited in the IVPP
Primary reference: W. Wu, J. Meng, J. Ye and X. Ni. 2004. Propalaeocastor (Rodentia, Mammalia) from the Early Oligocene of Burqin Basin, Xinjiang. American Museum Novitates 3461:1-16 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 174978: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 01.12.2015
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Sciuridae indet. Gray 1821 squirrel | |
? Prosciurus sp. Matthew 1903 mountain beaver | |
"Tatalsminthus "n. sp."" = Allosminthus, Parasminthus aff. tangingoli, Parasminthus aff. asiaecentralis
"Tatalsminthus "n. sp."" = Allosminthus Wang 1985 rodent
Parasminthus aff. tangingoli Bohlin 1946 rodent
Parasminthus aff. asiaecentralis Bohlin 1946 rodent | |
Cricetops dormitor Matthew and Granger 1923 mouse
Eucricetodon caducus Shevyreva 1967 mouse
Eucricetodon asiaticus Matthew and Granger 1923 mouse
Ulaancricetodon cf. badamae Daxner-Höck 2000 mouse | |
Propalaeocastor irtyshensis n. sp.
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Karakoromys decessus Matthew and Granger 1923 gundi | |
Cyclomylus lohensis Matthew and Granger 1923 mole rat | |
Desmatolagus aff. vetustus Burke 1941 rabbit | |
Palaeoscaptor cf. acridens Matthew and Granger 1924 hedgehog | |
Tupaiodon cf. morrisi Matthew and Granger 1924 placental |