Taatsiin Gol, right side, section TGR-A, layer 13 (Oligocene of Mongolia)

Also known as TGR-A/13, Valley of Lakes

Where: Övörkhangai, Mongolia (45.4° N, 101.3° E: paleocoordinates 46.9° N, 98.8° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: A mammal zone, Hsanda Gol Formation, Early/Lower Oligocene (33.9 - 28.4 Ma)

• Biozone A sensu Höck et al. (1999, Mitt. Österr. Geol. Ges. 90, 83-125). Biozone A is capped by a Basalt layer that has been dated by means of 40Ar/39Ar method (see Höck et al., 1999).

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; red, silty mudstone

• The fines of the Hsanda Gol Fm. are interpreted as eolian dust and playa sediments, deposited on an arid plain (Höck et al., 1999).
• The Hsanda Gol Fm. mainly consists of "brick red" poorly sorted mudstones (Höck et al., 1999).

Size class: mesofossils

Collected by joint Austrian-Mongolian project in 1995-1997, 2001, 2004, 2006; reposited in the NHMW

Collection methods: sieve

Primary reference: M. Böhme. 2007. 3. Herpetofauna (Anura, Squamata) and palaeoclimatic implications: preliminary results. In G. Daxner-Höck (ed.), Oligocene-Miocene Vertebrates from the Valley of Lakes (Central Mongolia): Morphology, phylogenetic and stratigraphic implications. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 108A:43-52 [J. Mueller/T. Liebrecht]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 135804: authorized by Johannes Mueller, entered by Torsten Liebrecht on 09.11.2012, edited by Philip Mannion

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Desmatolagus gobiensis3 Matthew and Granger 1923 rabbit
NHMW2013/0316/0000
 Rodentia - Aplodontidae
Ninamys kazimierzi6 Vianey-Liaud et al. 2013 mountain beaver
 Rodentia - Ctenodactylidae
Karakoromys decessus7 Matthew and Granger 1923 gundi
NHMW 2006z111/0001-0008
 Rodentia - Zapodidae
Shamosminthus sodovis1 Daxner-Höck 2001 jumping mouse
NHMW 2001z0034/0015/1-5
 Rodentia - Dipodidae
"Tatalsminthus khandae" = Allosminthus khandae1 Daxner-Höck 2001 rodent
NHMW 2001z0032/0002/1-5
Onjosminthus baindi2 Daxner-Höck et al. 2014 rodent
NHMW 2013/0180/0001–0028
Heosminthus sp.2 Wang 1985 rodent
NHMW 2013/0162/0001
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Eucricetodon asiaticus5 Matthew and Granger 1923 mouse
Eucricetodon caducus5 Shevyreva 1967 mouse
Eocricetodon meridionalis4 Wang and Meng 1986 mouse
NHMW/2015/0305/ 0001
Reptilia
 Squamata -
Scincomorpha indet. Camp 1923 squamates
 Squamata - Agamidae
Tinosaurus sp. Marsh 1872 squamates