Tatal Gol, section TAT-037 (Oligocene of Mongolia)

Where: Övörkhangai, Mongolia (45.3° N, 101.6° E: paleocoordinates 46.8° N, 99.2° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• Biozone B

• 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 classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Reposited in the NHMW

Collection methods: sieve

Primary reference: G. Daxner-Höck, D. Badamgarav, and O. Maridet. 2014. Dipodidae (Rodentia, Mammalia) from the Oligocene and Early Miocene of Mongolia. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, Serie A 116:131-214 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 187298: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 20.07.2017, edited by Pauline Coster

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Rodentia - Cylindrodontidae
Ardynomys sp.
Ardynomys sp. Matthew and Granger 1925 rodent
 Rodentia - Dipodidae
Onjosminthus baindi, Heosminthus chimidae
Onjosminthus baindi Daxner-Höck et al. 2014 rodent
MPC specimens
Heosminthus chimidae Daxner-Höck et al. 2014 rodent
MPC specimens
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Eocricetodon meridionalis, Cricetops dormitor, Selenomys mimicus, Eucricetodon caducus
Eocricetodon meridionalis Wang and Meng 1986 mouse
Cricetops dormitor Matthew and Granger 1923 mouse
Selenomys mimicus Matthew and Granger 1923 mouse
Eucricetodon caducus Shevyreva 1967 mouse
 Rodentia - Ctenodactylidae
Yindirtemys shevyrevae
Yindirtemys shevyrevae Vianey-Liaud et al. 2006 gundi
 Rodentia - Bathyergidae
Cyclomylus intermedius
Cyclomylus intermedius Wang 2001 mole rat
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Desmatolagus sp., Desmatolagus cf. chinensis, Desmatolagus cf. simplex
Desmatolagus sp. Matthew and Granger 1923 rabbit
Desmatolagus cf. chinensis Erbajeva and Sen 1998 rabbit
Desmatolagus cf. simplex Argyropulo 1940 rabbit
 Theriamorpha - Erinaceidae
Erinaceidae indet., Palaeoscaptor acridens
Erinaceidae indet. Fischer von Waldheim 1817 hedgehog
Palaeoscaptor acridens Matthew and Granger 1924 hedgehog
 Theriamorpha - Changlelestidae
Zaraalestes minutus
Zaraalestes minutus Matthew and Granger 1924 placental
 Theriamorpha - Soricidae
Gobisorex kingae
Gobisorex kingae Sulimski 1970 shrew