Where: Mongolia (43.6° N, 109.6° E: paleocoordinates 45.0° N, 103.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Middle Eocene (47.8 - 37.7 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collected by Mongolian Academy of Sciences and American Museum of Natural History in 1981-1983 and 1991-1992

Collection methods: bulk,

Primary reference: D. Dashzeveg and J. Meng. 1998. New Eocene ctenodactyloid rodents from the Eastern Gobi Desert of Mongolia and a phylogenetic analysis of ctenodactyloids based on dental features. American Museum Novitates 3246 :1-20 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 174909: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 30.11.2015

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