Harr Obo 2 (Pliocene of China)

Where: Nei Mongol, China (40.0° N, 114.0° E: paleocoordinates 39.9° N, 113.2° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Early/Lower Pliocene (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)

• Considered a time equivalent to the European MN 14 faunas

Environment/lithology: lacustrine

Reposited in the IVPP

Primary reference: V. Fahlbusch. 1992. The Neogene mammalian faunas of Ertemte and Harr Obo in Inner Mongolia (Nei Mongol), China. - 10. Eozapus (Rodentia). Senckenbergiana lethaea 72:199-217 [L. van den Hoek Ostende/L. van den Hoek Ostende]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 68592: authorized by Lars van den Hoek Ostende, entered by Lars van den Hoek Ostende on 29.01.2007

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Rodentia - Zapodidae
Eozapus similis Fahlbusch 1992 jumping mouse
 Theriamorpha - Soricidae
Zelceina kormosi Schlosser 1924 shrew
Cokia kowalskae Storch 1995 shrew
Sorex ertemteensis Storch 1995 long-tailed shrew
Sorex minutoides Storch 1995 long-tailed shrew
Sorex pseudoalpinus Rzebik-Kowalska 1991 long-tailed shrew
Paranourosorex inexspectatus Schlosser 1924 red-toothed shrew
Paenepetenyia zhudingi Storch 1995 shrew