Amuwusu Micromammals (Miocene of China)
Where: Nei Mongol, China (43.5° N, 112.0° E: paleocoordinates 43.7° N, 110.2° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Middle Miocene (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)
Environment/lithology:
Size class: mesofossils
Collection methods: bulk,
Primary reference: Z. Qiu. 1987. Neogene micromammals of China. In P. Whyte (ed.), Paleoenvironment of East Asia from the mid-Tertiary, Second International Conference on the Paleoenvironment of East Asia 77(1-2):834-848 [W. Clyde/J. Finarelli/P. Holroyd]more details
PaleoDB collection 13484: authorized by Will Clyde, entered by John Finarelli on 02.04.2002
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Taxonomic list
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unclassified | |
Mammalia | |
Ansomyinae indet. Qiu 1987 mountain beaver | |
Sciurus sp. Linnaeus 1758 squirrel
Tamias sp. Illinger 1811 chipmunk
Miopetaurista sp. Kretzoi 1962 squirrel | |
Cricetodon sp. Lartet 1851 rodent
cf. Plesiodipus leei Young 1927 rodent
"Democricetodon sp." = Copemys Wood 1936 rodent | |
Prosiphneus sp. Teilhard de Jardin 1926 rodent | |
Monosaulax sp. Stirton 1935 beaver
Sinocastor sp. Young 1934 beaver | |
Keramidomys sp. Hartenberger 1966 rodent | |
Plesiosminthus sp. Viret 1926 jumping mouse | |
Ochotonidae indet. Thomas 1897 pika
Ochotona sp. Link 1795 pika | |
Erinaceidae indet. Fischer von Waldheim 1817 hedgehog | |
Heterosoricinae indet. Viret and Zapfe 1951 shrew | |
Talpidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 mole |