Also known as Tunggur
Where: Nei Mongol, China (43.6° N, 112.7° E: paleocoordinates 43.7° N, 111.0° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Xianshuihe Formation, Middle Miocene to Middle Miocene (16.0 - 5.3 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; red sandstone and pebbly, red mudstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by SSPE in 1959
Collection methods: quarrying,
Primary reference: M. Chow and A. K. Rozhdestvensky. 1960. Exploration in Inner Mongolia: a preliminary account of the 1959 field work of the Sino-Soviet Paleontological Expedition (SSPE). Vertebrata PalAsiatica 4(1):1-10 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 28781: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 24.02.2003, edited by Hannah O'Regan
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines Batsch 1788 turtle | |
Mammalia | |
Zygolophodon sp. Vacek 1877 mastodon | |
Serridentinus gobiensis Osborn and Granger 1932 gomphothere | |
Tungurictis spocki Colbert 1939 hyaena | |
Machairodus sp. Kaup 1833 cat | |
Gobicyon macrognathus Colbert 1939 bear-dog
Pseudarctos sp. Schlosser 1899 bear-dog
Amphicyon tairumensis bear-dog | |
Mionictis sp. Matthew 1924 otter
Leptarctus neimonguensis mustelid carnivore
Melodon sp. Zdansky 1924 badger
Martes sp. Frisch 1775 marten | |
"Hemicyon teilhardi" = Plithocyon teilhardi
"Hemicyon teilhardi" = Plithocyon teilhardi Colbert 1939 bear | |
Percrocuta tungurensis carnivoran | |
Anchitherium gobiensis anchitheriine horse | |
Chalicotherium brevirostris Colbert 1934 chalicothere | |
Rhinocerotidae indet. Gray 1821 rhinoceros | |
Kubanochoerus sp. Gabunia 1955 pig | |
Euprox sp. Stehlin 1928 deer | |
Palaeotragus tungurensis giraffe | |
Micromeryx sp. Lartet 1851 musk deer | |
"Oioceros" noverca Pilgrim 1934 antelope | |
Stephanocemas thomsoni ruminant
Dicrocerus grangeri ruminant
Dicrocerus sp. Lartet 1837 ruminant
Lagomeryx triacuminatus ruminant | |
Castoridae indet. Gray 1821 beaver |