Where: Nei Mongol, China (41.9° N, 114.0° E: paleocoordinates 41.8° N, 113.2° E)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: Early/Lower Pliocene (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)
Environment/lithology: lacustrineunlithified, silty
Size class: mesofossils
Reposited in the IVPP
Primary reference: Z. Qiu and G. Storch. 2000. The early Pliocene Micromammalian Fauna of Bilike, Inner Mongolia, China (Mammalia: Lipotyphla, Chiroptera, Rodentia, Lagomorpha). Senckenbergiana lethaea 80(1):173-229 [L. van den Hoek Ostende/L. van den Hoek Ostende]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 75300: authorized by Lars van den Hoek Ostende, entered by Lars van den Hoek Ostende on 06.10.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Prosiphneus cf. eriksoni rodent | |
Myomimus sinensis Wu 1985 dormouse | |
Atlantoxerus sp., Eutamias ertemtensis, Prospermophilus orientalis n. gen., Tamiasciurus cf. yusheensis
Atlantoxerus sp. Major 1893 squirrel
Eutamias ertemtensis Qiu 1991 chipmunk
Prospermophilus orientalis n. gen. Qiu 1991 squirrel
Tamiasciurus cf. yusheensis squirrel | |
Castor anderssoni Schlosser 1924 beaver | |
Sminthoides fraudator, Brachyscirtetes cf. robustus, Sinozapus volkeri n. gen. n. sp., Paralactaga suni, Lophocricetus pusillus, Lophocricetus grabaui
Sminthoides fraudator Schlosser 1924 rodent
Brachyscirtetes cf. robustus Savinov 1970 rodent
Sinozapus volkeri n. gen. n. sp. Qiu and Storch 2000 rodent
Paralactaga suni Teilhard de Jardin and Young 1927 rodent
Lophocricetus pusillus Schaub 1934 rodent
Lophocricetus grabaui Schlosser 1924 rodent | |
Sicista sp., Sicista wangi n. sp.
Sicista sp. Gray 1827 birch mouse
Sicista wangi n. sp. Qiu and Storch 2000 birch mouse | |
Huaxiamys sp., Apodemus sp., Apodemus lii n. sp., "Micromys kozaniensis" = Micromys bendai, Allorattus engesseri n. gen. n. sp., Pseudomeriones abbreviatus
Huaxiamys sp. Wu and Flynn 1992 mouse
Apodemus sp. Kaup 1829 Eurasian field mouse
Apodemus lii n. sp. Qiu and Storch 2000 Eurasian field mouse
"Micromys kozaniensis" = Micromys bendai van de Weerd 1979 harvest mouse
Allorattus engesseri n. gen. n. sp. Qiu and Storch 2000 mouse
Pseudomeriones abbreviatus Teilhard 1926 gerbil | |
Kowalskia cf. similis, Kowalskia zhengi n. sp., Chardinomys bilikeensis n. sp., Anatolomys cf. teilhardi, Aratomys bilikeensis n. sp., Nannocricetus mongolicus, Microtodon cf. atavus, Sinocricetus progressus n. sp.
Kowalskia cf. similis Wu 1991 mouse
Kowalskia zhengi n. sp. Qiu and Storch 2000 mouse
Chardinomys bilikeensis n. sp. Qiu and Storch 2000 mouse
Anatolomys cf. teilhardi Schaub 1934 mouse
Aratomys bilikeensis n. sp. Qiu and Storch 2000 mouse
Nannocricetus mongolicus Schaub 1934 mouse
Microtodon cf. atavus Schlosser 1924 mouse
Sinocricetus progressus n. sp. Qiu and Storch 2000 mouse | |
Trischizolagus mirificus n. sp.
Trischizolagus mirificus n. sp. Qiu and Storch 2000 rabbit | |
Ochotona minor pika | |
Erinaceus mongolicus Schlosser 1924 hedgehog | |
Lunanosorex cf. lii, Petenyia katrinae n. sp., Sorex sp., Sorex ertemteensis, Sorex minutoides, Sorex pseudoalpinus, Paenelimnoecus obtusus
Lunanosorex cf. lii Jin and Kawamura 1996 shrew
Petenyia katrinae n. sp. Qiu and Storch 2000 red-toothed shrew
Sorex sp. Linnaeus 1758 long-tailed shrew
Sorex ertemteensis Storch 1995 long-tailed shrew
Sorex minutoides Storch 1995 long-tailed shrew
Sorex pseudoalpinus Rzebik-Kowalska 1991 long-tailed shrew
Paenelimnoecus obtusus Storch 1995 red-toothed shrew | |
Yanshuella primaeva Schlosser 1924 mole
Quyania cf. chowi Storch and Qiu 1983 mole
Desmana sp. Guldenstaedt 1777 Russian desman | |
Murina sp. Gray 1842 vesper bat
Myotis aff. annectans vesper bat
Myotis cf. horsfieldii vesper bat
Myotis sp. Kaup 1829 vesper bat
Vespertilio cf. sinensis vesper bat |