Tsagaan Khutel: Middle Eocene, Mongolia
collected 1963-; 2004–2006
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Mimotonidae
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Gomphos ellae n. sp.
Kraatz et al. 2009
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MPC 30/1 - type | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Hyracodontidae
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Rhodopagus sp.
Radinsky 1965
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Based on Reshetov, 1975 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Deperetellidae
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Irdinolophus tuiensis n. sp.
Dashzeveg and Hooker 1997
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Dashzeveg and Hooker 1997 | |||||||||
PSS 13-15 - type | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Lophialetidae
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? Lophialetes sp.
Matthew and Granger 1925
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Based on Russell and Zhai, 1987 | ||||||||||
Schlosseria sp.
Matthew and Granger 1926
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Based on Russell and Zhai, 1987 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Pantolestidae
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Bogdia orientalis n. gen., n. sp.
Dashzeveg and Russell 1985
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Dashzeveg and Russell 1985 | |||||||||
PSS 13-5 - holotype; referred material: PSS 13-6 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Coryphodontidae
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Eudinoceras kholbolchiensis
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Based on Osborn and Granger, 1931 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Pantolambdodontidae
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Archaeolambda prima
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Based on Dashzeveg, 1980 | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Mongolia |
Coordinates: | 45.2° North, 100.7° East (view map) |
Paleocoordinates: | 46.5° North, 95.3° East |
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
Key time interval: | Middle Eocene | ||
Age range of interval: | 48.60000 - 37.20000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Kholboldchi | ||||
Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: Kholboldzhi Svita |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | medium,coarse,gray,green sandstone |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: Coarse and medium-grained sands that are often poorly sorted. The sands are often greenish-grey in color, and may contain intercalations of gravels, silts, and muds | |
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | Collection dates: | 1963-onwards; 2004–2006 |
Metadata
Also known as: | Tsagan Khutel; Tsagan-Khutel; Valley of Lakes; 2 km east of Bogdo | ||
Database number: | 174724 | ||
Authorizer: | P. Mannion | Enterer: | P. Mannion |
Modifier: | P. Mannion | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2015-11-25 10:52:18 | Last modified: | 2016-07-14 11:07:30 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2015-11-25 10:52:18 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
57095. | B. P. Kraatz, D. Badamgarav, and F. Bibi. 2009. Gomphos ellae, a new mimotonid from the middle Eocene of Mongolia and its implications for the origin of Lagomorpha. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 29(2):576-583 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] |
Secondary references:
1332 | D. Dashzeveg and J. J. Hooker. 1997. New ceratomorph perissodactyls (Mammalia) from the middle and late Eocene of Mongolia: Their implications for phylogeny and dating. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 120:105-138 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/P. Mannion] | |
59865 | D. Dashzeveg and D. E. Russell. 1985. A new middle Eocene insectivore from the Mongolian People's Republic. Geobios 18(6):871-875 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] |