Chimney Butte (Irdin Manha Formation) (Eocene of Mongolia)

Where: Mongolia (44.1° N, 103.6° E: paleocoordinates 45.1° N, 97.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Irdin Manha Formation, Irdinmanhan (56.0 - 37.7 Ma)

• "Chimney Butte, Shara Murun region" (coordinate based on collection 62927)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the AMNH

Primary reference: S. L. Olson. 1972. Telecrex restudied: a small Eocene guineafowl. Wilson Bulletin 86(3):246-250 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 84512: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 27.10.2008

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Taxonomic list

Aves
 Galliformes - Numididae
Telecrex grangeri n. gen. n. sp.
Telecrex grangeri n. gen. n. sp. Wetmore 1934 guineafowl
specimen originally described by Wetmore 1934