Tsagan Tsav (Eocene of Mongolia)

Where: Mongolia (43.6° N, 109.6° E: paleocoordinates 45.0° N, 103.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Middle Eocene (47.8 - 37.7 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: G. Storch and D. Dashzeveg. 1997. Zaraalestes russelli, a new tupaiodontine erinaceid (Mammalia, Lipotyphla) from the Middle Eocene of Mongolia. Geobios 30(3):437-445 [L. van den Hoek Ostende/L. van den Hoek Ostende]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 75718: authorized by Lars van den Hoek Ostende, entered by Lars van den Hoek Ostende on 24.10.2007, edited by Philip Mannion

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Theriamorpha - Changlelestidae
Zaraalestes russelli n. gen. n. sp.
Zaraalestes russelli n. gen. n. sp. Storch and Dashzeveg 1997 placental
 Perissodactyla - Lophialetidae
Lophialetes expeditus Matthew and Granger 1925 odd-toed ungulate
 Perissodactyla -
Breviodon minutus odd-toed ungulate
 Theriamorpha - Viverravidae
Viverravus sp. Marsh 1872 placental
 Rodentia -
Yuomys sp., Butomys gobiensis n. gen. n. sp.
Yuomys sp. Li 1975 rodent
Butomys gobiensis n. gen. n. sp. rodent
PSS 39/19 - holotype
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Gobiolagus sp. Burke 1941 rabbit
Shamolagus sp. Burke 1941 rabbit