Tsagaan Khutel: Middle Eocene, Mongolia
collected 1963-; 2004–2006

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Mimotonidae
Gomphos ellae n. sp. Kraatz et al. 2009
MPC 30/1 - type
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Hyracodontidae
Rhodopagus sp. Radinsky 1965
Based on Reshetov, 1975
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Deperetellidae
Irdinolophus tuiensis n. sp. Dashzeveg and Hooker 1997
Dashzeveg and Hooker 1997
PSS 13-15 - type
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Lophialetidae
? Lophialetes sp. Matthew and Granger 1925
Based on Russell and Zhai, 1987
Schlosseria sp. Matthew and Granger 1926
Based on Russell and Zhai, 1987
Mammalia - Pantolestidae
Bogdia orientalis n. gen., n. sp. Dashzeveg and Russell 1985
Dashzeveg and Russell 1985
PSS 13-5 - holotype; referred material: PSS 13-6
Mammalia - Coryphodontidae
Eudinoceras kholbolchiensis
Based on Osborn and Granger, 1931
Mammalia - Pantolambdodontidae
Archaeolambda prima
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]