Ulan Shireh (SSPE) (Eocene of China)

Where: Nei Mongol, China (42.0° N, 111.5° E: paleocoordinates 43.0° N, 105.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Shara Murum Formation, Middle Eocene (47.8 - 37.7 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

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 28792: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 24.02.2003, edited by Philip Mannion and David Nicholson

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Testudines -
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines Batsch 1788 turtle
 Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionychidae indet., "Amyda neimenguensis n. sp." = Trionyx johnsoni1
Trionychidae indet. Gray 1825 softshell turtle
"Amyda neimenguensis n. sp." = Trionyx johnsoni1 Gilmore 1931 softshell turtle
IVPP V 2870
Mammalia
 Didymoconida -
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Palaeolaginae indet.5 Dice 1929 rabbit
Shamolagus grangeri5 Burke 1941 rabbit
 Rodentia -
Yuomys weijingensis n. sp.5 Ye 1983 rodent
IVPP V 6694 - type; referred specimen: IVPP V 6695
 Artiodactyla - Helohyidae
Gobiohyus ? orientalis5 Matthew and Granger 1925 even-toed ungulate
 Perissodactyla - Brontotheriidae
"Epimanteoceras formosus" = Epimanteoceras formosus5, "Dolichorhinoides angustidens" = Epimanteoceras formosus5, Protitan bellus5, Microtitan mongoliensis5, Acrotitan ulanshirehensis n. gen. n. sp.5, Desmatotitan tukhumensis5
"Epimanteoceras formosus" = Epimanteoceras formosus5 Granger and Gregory 1943 brontothere
"Dolichorhinoides angustidens" = Epimanteoceras formosus5 Granger and Gregory 1943 brontothere
Protitan bellus5 Granger and Gregory 1943 brontothere
Microtitan mongoliensis5 Osborn 1925 brontothere
Acrotitan ulanshirehensis n. gen. n. sp.5 Ye 1983 brontothere
Desmatotitan tukhumensis5 Granger and Gregory 1943 brontothere
 Perissodactyla - Tapiridae
Teleolophus medius5 Matthew and Granger 1925 tapir
 Perissodactyla -
? Breviodon sp.5 Radinsky 1965 odd-toed ungulate
Breviodon minutus5 odd-toed ungulate
 Perissodactyla - Amynodontidae
Lushiamynodon sharamurenensis4 Xu 1966 odd-toed ungulate
IVPP V3217
 Perissodactyla - Paraceratheriidae
"Forstercooperia cf. grandis" = Hyrachyus grandis5
"Forstercooperia cf. grandis" = Hyrachyus grandis5 Peterson 1919 odd-toed ungulate
 Perissodactyla - Hyracodontidae
? Triplopus proficiens5, "Rhodopagus pygmaeus n. sp." = Rhodopagus minimus2
? Triplopus proficiens5 odd-toed ungulate
"Rhodopagus pygmaeus n. sp." = Rhodopagus minimus2 Matthew and Granger 1925 odd-toed ungulate
AMNH 81859 - type; referred material: AMNH 20330-20350, 20390-20394, 26112, 26114 and 81860
 Perissodactyla - Lophialetidae
? Zhongjianoletes sp.5, Zhongjianoletes chowi n. gen. n. sp.5, "Simplaletes ulanshirehensis n. sp." = Schlosseria magister3, Lophialetes ? expeditus5
? Zhongjianoletes sp.5 Ye 1983 odd-toed ungulate
IVPP V 6672-6675
Zhongjianoletes chowi n. gen. n. sp.5 Ye 1983 odd-toed ungulate
"Simplaletes ulanshirehensis n. sp." = Schlosseria magister3 Matthew and Granger 1926 odd-toed ungulate
IVPP V 6059 - type; referred material: IVPP V 6060
Lophialetes ? expeditus5 Matthew and Granger 1925 odd-toed ungulate
 Carnivora - Miacidae
Miacidae indet.5 Cope 1880 carnivoran
 Creodonta - Oxyaenidae
Sarkastodon mongoliensis5 Granger 1938 creodont
 Creodonta - Hyaenodontidae
cf. Propterodon morrisi5 Matthew and Granger 1924 creodont
 Acreodi - Hapalodectidae
? Hapalodectes serus5 Matthew and Granger 1925 condylarth
 Acreodi - Mesonychidae
Mesonychidae indet.5 Cope 1875 condylarth
? Harpagolestes orientalis5 Szalay and Gould 1966 condylarth
 Cimolesta - Coryphodontidae
Eudinoceras mongoliensis5 Osborn 1924 pantodont
 Cimolesta - Pantolambdodontidae
Pantolambdodon inermis5 Granger and Gregory 1934 pantodont
Pantolambdodon fortis5 Granger and Gregory 1934 pantodont