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

unclassified
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Mammalia
 Rodentia - Aplodontidae
Ansomyinae indet. Qiu 1987 mountain beaver
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
Sciurus sp. Linnaeus 1758 squirrel
Tamias sp. Illinger 1811 chipmunk
Miopetaurista sp. Kretzoi 1962 squirrel
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Cricetodon sp., cf. Plesiodipus leei, "Democricetodon sp." = Copemys
Cricetodon sp. Lartet 1851 rodent
cf. Plesiodipus leei Young 1927 rodent
"Democricetodon sp." = Copemys Wood 1936 rodent
 Rodentia - Siphneidae
Prosiphneus sp. Teilhard de Jardin 1926 rodent
 Rodentia - Castoridae
Monosaulax sp. Stirton 1935 beaver
Sinocastor sp. Young 1934 beaver
 Rodentia - Eomyidae
Keramidomys sp. Hartenberger 1966 rodent
 Rodentia - Zapodidae
Plesiosminthus sp. Viret 1926 jumping mouse
 Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae
Ochotonidae indet. Thomas 1897 pika
Ochotona sp. Link 1795 pika
 Tribosphenida - Erinaceidae
Erinaceidae indet. Fischer von Waldheim 1817 hedgehog
 Soricomorpha - Soricidae
Heterosoricinae indet. Viret and Zapfe 1951 shrew
 Soricomorpha - Talpidae
Talpidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 mole