Also known as Valley of Lakes
Where: Övörkhangai, Mongolia (45.3° N, 102.1° E: paleocoordinates 46.3° N, 98.2° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: B mammal zone, Hsanda Gol Formation, Early/Lower Oligocene (33.9 - 28.4 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; red, silty mudstone
Size class: mesofossils
Collected by joint Austrian-Mongolian project; reposited in the NHMW
Collection methods: sieve
Primary reference: G. Daxner-Höck, D. Badamgarav, R. Barsbold, B. Bayarmaa, M. Erbajeva, U.B. Göhlich, and Y. Khand. 2017. Oligocene stratigraphy across the Eocene and Miocene boundaries in the Valley of Lakes (Mongolia). Palaeobiodiversity and palaeoenvironments 97(1):111-218 [P. Coster/P. Coster]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 201191: authorized by Pauline Coster, entered by Pauline Coster on 02.05.2019
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Reptilia | |
Acrodonta indet. Cope 1864 squamates | |
Lacerta sp. Linnaeus 1758 squamates | |
Mammalia | |
Hyaenodon pervagus Matthew and Granger 1924 creodont
Hyaenodon cf. incertus Dashzeveg 1985 creodont
cf. Hyaenodon gigas Dashzeveg 1985 creodont | |
Palaeogale sp. von Meyer 1846 carnivoran | |
Nimravus mongoliensis Gromova 1959 false sabre-tooth | |
aff. Amphicynodon sp. Filhol 1881 bear
Amphicynodon teilhardi Matthew and Granger 1924 bear | |
Pseudogelocus mongolicus Vislobokova and Daxner-Höck 2002 ruminant | |
Eumeryx sp. Matthew and Granger 1924 deer | |
Prodremotherium sp. Filhol 1877 ruminant | |
Zaraalestes minutus Matthew and Granger 1924 placental | |
Gobisorex kingae Sulimski 1970 shrew | |
Palaeoscaptor acridens Matthew and Granger 1924 hedgehog | |
Promeniscomys cf. sinensis Wang 1987 mountain beaver
Ninamys kazimierzi Vianey-Liaud et al. 2013 mountain beaver
Ninamys arboraptus Vianey-Liaud et al. 2013 mountain beaver | |
Eucricetodon sp., Eucricetodon asiaticus, Eucricetodon cf. occasionalis, Eucricetodon bagus, Ulaancricetodon badamae, Eocricetodon meridionalis, Cricetops dormitor
Eucricetodon sp. Thaler 1966 mouse
Eucricetodon asiaticus Matthew and Granger 1923 mouse
Eucricetodon cf. occasionalis Lopatin 1996 mouse
Eucricetodon bagus Gomes Rodrigues et al. 2012 mouse
Ulaancricetodon badamae Daxner-Höck 2000 mouse
Eocricetodon meridionalis Wang and Meng 1986 mouse
Cricetops dormitor Matthew and Granger 1923 mouse | |
Shamosminthus sodovis Daxner-Höck 2001 jumping mouse | |
Onjosminthus baindi, Bohlinosminthus parvulus, Heosminthus sp., "Allosminthus minutus" = Heosminthus minutus, Heosminthus chimidae
Onjosminthus baindi Daxner-Höck et al. 2014 rodent
Bohlinosminthus parvulus Bohlin 1946 rodent
Heosminthus sp. Wang 1985 rodent
"Allosminthus minutus" = Heosminthus minutus Daxner-Höck 2001 rodent
Heosminthus chimidae Daxner-Höck et al. 2014 rodent | |
Tsaganomys altaicus Matthew and Granger 1923 mole rat
Coelodontomys asiaticus Wang 2001 mole rat
Cyclomylus intermedius Wang 2001 mole rat
Cyclomylus lohensis Matthew and Granger 1923 mole rat | |
Ardynomys sp. Matthew and Granger 1925 rodent | |
Sinolagomys major Bohlin 1937 pika | |
Desmatolagus sp., Desmatolagus robustus, Desmatolagus youngi, Desmatolagus gobiensis, Desmatolagus cf. chinensis, Ordolagus cf. teilhardi
Desmatolagus sp. Matthew and Granger 1923 rabbit
Desmatolagus robustus Matthew and Granger 1923 rabbit
Desmatolagus youngi Gureev 1960 rabbit
Desmatolagus gobiensis Matthew and Granger 1923 rabbit
Desmatolagus cf. chinensis Erbajeva and Sen 1998 rabbit
Ordolagus cf. teilhardi Burke 1941 rabbit |