Khoer Dzan slope (Eocene of Mongolia)

Also known as Khoer-Dzan

Where: Dornogov, Mongolia (43.7° N, 111.3° E: paleocoordinates 45.1° N, 106.5° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Ergilin Member (Ergilin Dzo Formation), Late/Upper Eocene (37.2 - 33.9 Ma)

• Late Eocene according to Egi et al. (2016)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; yellow gravel

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: D. Dashzeveg. 1965. Entelodon orientalis n.sp. (Suiformes) from the Oligocene of the Gobi Desert, Mongolia. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 10(2):281-285 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 174716: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 25.11.2015

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Brontotheriidae
Embolotherium andrewsi9 Osborn 1929 brontothere
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Ronzotherium sp.3 Aymard 1854 rhinoceros
PSS 27-98
Ronzotherium orientale1 Dashzeveg 1991 rhinoceros
PSS 27-11
 Perissodactyla - Amynodontidae
Gigantamynodon sp.3 Gromova 1954 odd-toed ungulate
Gigantamynodon cessator n. sp.6 Gromova 1954 odd-toed ungulate
Cadurcodon ardynensis9 Osborn 1924 odd-toed ungulate
 Perissodactyla - Eggysodontidae
Allacerops sp.1 Wood 1932 odd-toed ungulate
PSS 27-15, 71, 74-76
 Perissodactyla - Paraceratheriidae
"Indricotherium parvum" = Urtinotherium parvum9, "Indricotheriinae indet." = Paraceratheriinae1
"Indricotherium parvum" = Urtinotherium parvum9 Chow 1958 odd-toed ungulate
"Indricotheriinae indet." = Paraceratheriinae1 Osborn 1923 odd-toed ungulate
PSS 27-68 - "Urtinotherium (or Indricotherium) sp.)
 Perissodactyla - Hyracodontidae
Ardynia mongoliensis1 Belyaeva 1952 odd-toed ungulate
PSS
Ardynia praecox9 Matthew and Granger 1923 odd-toed ungulate
 Perissodactyla - Chalicotheriidae
Schizotherium avitum3 Matthew and Granger 1923 chalicothere
 Artiodactyla - Entelodontidae
Entelodon orientalis n. sp., "Eoentelodon trofimovi n. sp." = Brachyhyops trofimovi7
Entelodon orientalis n. sp. Dashzeveg 1965 even-toed ungulate
PSS 27 - type
"Eoentelodon trofimovi n. sp." = Brachyhyops trofimovi7 Dashzeveg 1976 even-toed ungulate
PIN 3110-49 - type; referred material: PIN 3110-48 and 50
 Artiodactyla - Anthracotheriidae
Anthracotheriidae indet.8 Leidy 1869 anthracothere
MPC-M 30/55 and MPC-M 30/61
cf. Bothriodon sp.8 Aymard 1846 anthracothere
MPC-M 30/52, 53, 56-60
 Artiodactyla - Praetragulidae
Praetragulus electus n. gen. n. sp.9
Praetragulus electus n. gen. n. sp.9 Vislobokova 1998 ruminant
PIN 3110/731 - holotype (incomplete skull); large amount of referred material too
 Creodonta - Hyaenodontidae
Hyaenodon sp.5 Laizer and Parieu 1838 creodont
PSS 27-79 and 27-80
Hyaenodon gigas3 Dashzeveg 1985 creodont
PSS 27-28 and PIN 27-85
Hyaenodon mongoliensis5 Dashzeveg 1964 creodont
PSS 27-76 and 27-77
Hyaenodon incertus5 Dashzeveg 1985 creodont
PSS 27-75 and PIN 27-77b
Hyaenodon eminus5 Matthew and Granger 1925 creodont
PSS 27-100
Hyaenodon pervagus5 Matthew and Granger 1924 creodont
PIN 27-83
 Carnivora - Nimravidae
Eofelis sp.4, "Aelurogale mongoliensis n. sp." = Nimravus mongoliensis2
Eofelis sp.4 Kretzoi 1938 false sabre-tooth
MPC-M 30/87 and 90
"Aelurogale mongoliensis n. sp." = Nimravus mongoliensis2 Gromova 1959 false sabre-tooth
PIN 1379-7 - type; referred material: PSS 27-81; MPC-M30/85, 88, 89, 92, 95, 98, 476 and 477
 Carnivora -
Alagtsavbaatar indigenus4 Dashzeveg 1996 carnivoran
MPC-M30/80, 81 and 86
 Cimolesta - Coryphodontidae
Hypercoryphodon sp.9 Osborn and Granger 1932 pantodont