Ulantatal (general area) (Oligocene of China)

Also known as Alxa Zouqi

Where: Nei Mongol, China (39.2° N, 105.6° E: paleocoordinates 39.9° N, 101.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Ulantatal Formation, Early/Lower Oligocene (33.9 - 28.4 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collected in 1978 and 1980's; reposited in the IVPP

Collection methods: surface (float),

Primary reference: X. Huang. 1986. Fossil leporids from the middle Oligocene of Ulantatal, Nei Mongol. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 24(4):274-284 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 174759: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 27.11.2015

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Rodentia - Bathyergidae
"Tsaganomys minutus" = Tsaganomys minutus6, "Cyclomylus cf. minutus" = Tsaganomys minutus1, Tsaganomys altaicus6, Cyclomylus lohensis1
"Tsaganomys minutus" = Tsaganomys minutus6 Kowalski 1974 mole rat
IVPP V10411
"Cyclomylus cf. minutus" = Tsaganomys minutus1 Kowalski 1974 mole rat
Tsaganomys altaicus6 Matthew and Granger 1923 mole rat
IVPP V10410
Cyclomylus lohensis1 Matthew and Granger 1923 mole rat
 Rodentia - Ctenodactylidae
? Karakoromys decessus4, "Tataromys sigmodon" = Tataromys sigmodon1, "Leptotataromys gracilidens" = Tataromys sigmodon4, "Leptotataromys cf. gracilidens" = Tataromys sigmodon4, "Leptotataromys minor n. sp." = Tataromys minor4, Tataromys plicidens1, "Tataromys grangeri" = Yindirtemys grangeri1, "Tataromys bohlini n. sp." = Yindirtemys bohlini4, "Tataromys ulantatalensis n. sp." = Yindirtemys ulantatalensis4
? Karakoromys decessus4 Matthew and Granger 1923 gundi
IVPP V7351
"Tataromys sigmodon" = Tataromys sigmodon1 Matthew and Granger 1923 gundi
IVPP V7344
"Leptotataromys gracilidens" = Tataromys sigmodon4 Matthew and Granger 1923 gundi
IVPP V7345
"Leptotataromys cf. gracilidens" = Tataromys sigmodon4 Matthew and Granger 1923 gundi
IVPP V7346
"Leptotataromys minor n. sp." = Tataromys minor4 Huang 1985 gundi
IVPP V7347 - type
Tataromys plicidens1 Matthew and Granger 1923 gundi
"Tataromys grangeri" = Yindirtemys grangeri1 Bohlin 1946 gundi
"Tataromys bohlini n. sp." = Yindirtemys bohlini4 Huang 1985 gundi
IVPP V7348 - type; referred material: IVPP V7349 and 7350
"Tataromys ulantatalensis n. sp." = Yindirtemys ulantatalensis4 Huang 1985 gundi
IVPP V7341 - type; referred material: IVPP V7343
 Rodentia - Zapodidae
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Cricetidae indet.1 Fischer von Waldheim 1817 mouse
Selenomys mimicus1 Matthew and Granger 1923 mouse
 Rodentia - Cylindrodontidae
Ardynomys sp.1 Matthew and Granger 1925 rodent
Anomoemys lohiculus6 Matthew and Granger 1923 rodent
IVPP V10409
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Ordolagus teilhardi Burke 1941 rabbit
IVPP V6268
Desmatolagus cf. gobiensis5 Matthew and Granger 1923 rabbit
IVPP V6269
Desmatolagus pusillus5 Teilhard de Chardin 1926 rabbit
IVPP V6270
 Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae
Sinolagomys kansuensis5 Bohlin 1937 pika
IVPP V6271
Sinolagomys major5 Bohlin 1937 pika
IVPP V6272
? Bohlinotona spp.1 Muizon 1977 pika
 Theriamorpha - Erinaceidae
Amphechinus rectus2 hedgehog
IVPP V6275
"Amphechinus gigas" = Palaeoscaptor gigas9 Lopatin 2002 hedgehog
IVPP V7340
Palaeoscaptor acridens2 Matthew and Granger 1924 hedgehog
IVPP V7339
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Aceratherium sp.1 Kaup 1834 rhinoceros
 Perissodactyla - Amynodontidae
Cadurcodon sp.1 Kretzoi 1942 odd-toed ungulate
 Artiodactyla -
Palaeohypsodontus cf. asiaticus3 Trofimov 1958 ruminant
IVPP V7638
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Eumeryx culminis3 Matthew and Granger 1924 deer
IVPP V7643-7645
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Hanhaicerus qii n. gen. n. sp.3
Hanhaicerus qii n. gen. n. sp.3 Huang 1985 antelope
IVPP V7639 - holotype; referred material: IVPP V7640 and V7641
 Creodonta - Hyaenodontidae
Hyaenodon "sp. 1"7 Laizer and Parieu 1838 creodont
IVPP V10523
Hyaenodon "sp. 2"7 Laizer and Parieu 1838 creodont
IVPP V10524
Hyaenodon neimongoliensis n. sp.8 Huang and Zhu 2002 creodont
IVPP V12438 - type; paratype: IVPP V12439; referred specimens: IVPP V12440 and V12441
 Placentalia -
Carnivora indet.1 Bowdich 1821 carnivoran
 Carnivora - Palaeogalidae
"Palaeogale parvulus" = Palaeogale sectoria1, "Palaeogale ulysses" = Palaeogale sectoria1
"Palaeogale parvulus" = Palaeogale sectoria1 Gervais 1848 carnivoran
IVPP V10528.2-3
"Palaeogale ulysses" = Palaeogale sectoria1 Gervais 1848 carnivoran
IVPP V10528.1
 Carnivora -
"Cynodictis elegans" = Stenoplesictis elegans7, Palaeoprionodon sp.7
"Cynodictis elegans" = Stenoplesictis elegans7 Matthew and Granger 1924 carnivoran
Palaeoprionodon sp.7 Filhol 1880 carnivoran
IVPP V10525
 Carnivora - Ursidae
? Amphicynodon sp.7 Filhol 1881 bear
IVPP V10527
 Didymoconida -
Didymoconus cf. berkeyi1 Matthew and Granger 1924 eutherian
Didymoconus sp.1 Matthew and Granger 1924 eutherian