Tung Gur (SSPE) (Miocene to of China)

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

• "The lower section is 217 m of orange-red, brick red quartz sands grading to fine sands that unconformably overlie the Qingshuiying Fm. The upper section is 55 m of light red, orange-red gravelly mudstones grading to quartz sandstones and calcareous concretions."

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
 Testudines -
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines Batsch 1788 turtle
Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Mammutidae
Zygolophodon sp. Vacek 1877 mastodon
 Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Platybelodon grangeri Osborn 1929 gomphothere
"shovel-tusked proboscideans"
Serridentinus gobiensis Osborn and Granger 1932 gomphothere
 Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Tungurictis spocki Colbert 1939 hyaena
 Carnivora - Felidae
 Carnivora - Amphicyonidae
Gobicyon macrognathus Colbert 1939 bear-dog
Pseudarctos sp. Schlosser 1899 bear-dog
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
Mionictis sp. Matthew 1924 otter
Leptarctus neimonguensis mustelid carnivore
Melodon sp. Zdansky 1924 badger
Martes sp. Frisch 1775 marten
 Carnivora - Ursidae
"Hemicyon teilhardi" = Plithocyon teilhardi
"Hemicyon teilhardi" = Plithocyon teilhardi Colbert 1939 bear
 Carnivora - Percrocutidae
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Anchitherium gobiensis anchitheriine horse
 Perissodactyla - Chalicotheriidae
Chalicotherium brevirostris Colbert 1934 chalicothere
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Rhinocerotidae indet. Gray 1821 rhinoceros
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Euprox sp. Stehlin 1928 deer
 Artiodactyla - Giraffidae
 Artiodactyla - Moschidae
Micromeryx sp. Lartet 1851 musk deer
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Oioceros grangeri antelope
"antelopes"
"Oioceros" noverca Pilgrim 1934 antelope
 Artiodactyla - Lagomerycidae
Dicrocerus sp. Lartet 1837 ruminant
 Rodentia - Castoridae
Castoridae indet. Gray 1821 beaver