Taatsiin Gol West, TGW-A/2a (Oligocene of Mongolia)

Also known as Valley of Lakes; Toglorhoi

Where: Mongolia (45.4° N, 101.2° E: paleocoordinates 46.5° N, 99.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Hsanda Gol Formation, Late/Upper Oligocene (28.4 - 23.0 Ma)

• Biozone C sensu Höck et al. 1999

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; red, silty mudstone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Reposited in the NHMW

Primary reference: O. Maridet, G. Daxner-Höck, D. Badamgarav and U. B. Göhlich. 2015. The eomyid rodents (Mammalia) from the Oligocene and Miocene of the Valley of Lakes (Central Mongolia). Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 89:207-228 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 180971: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 10.08.2016, edited by Pauline Coster

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Mammalia
 Artiodactyla -
Palaeohypsodontus sp.10 Trofimov 1958 ruminant
NHMW 2001z0115/0001
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Bovidae sp.2 Gray 1821 antelope
 Theriamorpha - Talpidae
Talpidae indet.2 Fischer de Waldheim 1817 mole
 Theriamorpha - Erinaceidae
Erinaceidae indet.2 Fischer von Waldheim 1817 hedgehog
Amphechinus taatsiingolensis2 Ziegler et al. 2007 hedgehog
Palaeoscaptor acridens2 Matthew and Granger 1924 hedgehog
Palaeoscaptor gigas2 Lopatin 2002 hedgehog
Palaeoscaptor tenuis2 Ziegler et al. 2007 hedgehog
 Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae
Bohlinotona cf. pusilla3 Teilhard de Chardin 1926 pika
NHMW2013/0353/0001
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Desmatolagus sp.2 Matthew and Granger 1923 rabbit
Desmatolagus gobiensis3 Matthew and Granger 1923 rabbit
NHMW2013/0320
Desmatolagus cf. orlovi2 Gureev 1960 rabbit
Desmatolagus cf. simplex2 Argyropulo 1940 rabbit
Desmatolagus cf. chinensis2 Erbajeva and Sen 1998 rabbit
Ordolagus cf. teilhardi2 Burke 1941 rabbit
 Rodentia - Bathyergidae
Cyclomylus intermedius11 Wang 2001 mole rat
NHMW 2013/0561/0001
Tsaganomys altaicus11 Matthew and Granger 1923 mole rat
NHMW 2013/0563/0001-0005
Coelodontomys asiaticus11 Wang 2001 mole rat
NHMW 2013/0562/0001
 Rodentia - Ctenodactylidae
Tataromys sigmodon9 Matthew and Granger 1923 gundi
NHMW 2006z105/0001
Tataromys minor2 Huang 1985 gundi
 Rodentia - Dipodidae
Bohlinosminthus parvulus1 Bohlin 1946 rodent
NHMW 2013/0210/0000
Parasminthus cf. tangingoli1 Bohlin 1946 rodent
NHMW 2013/0193/0001
Heosminthus sp.1 Wang 1985 rodent
NHMW 2013/0171/0001–0003
"Allosminthus minutus" = Heosminthus minutus1 Daxner-Höck 2001 rodent
NHMW 2013/0115/0001
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Cricetidae indet.2 Fischer von Waldheim 1817 mouse
Eocricetodon meridionalis4 Wang and Meng 1986 mouse
NHMW/2015/0310/0001-7
Aralocricetodon schokensis4 Bendukidze 1993 mouse
NHMW2015/ 0323/0001-0003
Bagacricetodon tongi4 Gomes Rodrigues et al. 2012 mouse
NHMW2015/0317/0001-2
Eucricetodon bagus5 Gomes Rodrigues et al. 2012 mouse
Eucricetodon jilantaiensis5 Gomes Rodrigues et al. 2012 mouse
Argyromys cicigei n. sp.6 López-Guerrero et al. 2017 mouse
NHMW 2015/0312/0001 - type; referred material: NHMW 2015/0312/0002-0013
 Rodentia - Aplodontidae
Proansomys badamae8 Maridet et al. 2017 mountain beaver
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
Plesiosciurus aff. sinensis7 Qiu and Liu 1986 squirrel
NHMW 2013/0397/0001
 Rodentia - Eomyidae
cf. Asianeomys bolligeri Lopatin 2000 rodent
NHMW 2013/0063/0001-0004
Asianeomys bolligeri2 Lopatin 2000 rodent