Unkheltseg, UNCH-A/3: Early/Lower Miocene, Mongolia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
cf. Caementodon sp. Heissig 1972
Daxner-Höck et al. 2017
Mammalia
Ruminantia indet. Scopoli 1777
Daxner-Höck et al. 2017
Mammalia - Soricidae
Crocidosoricinae indet. Reumer 1987
Daxner-Höck et al. 2017
Mammalia - Erinaceidae
Amphechinus aff. taatsiingolensis Ziegler et al. 2007
Daxner-Höck et al. 2017
Exallerix sp. McKenna and Holton 1967
Daxner-Höck et al. 2017
Palaeoscaptor acridens Matthew and Granger 1924
Daxner-Höck et al. 2017
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae
Sinolagomys sp. Bohlin 1937
Daxner-Höck et al. 2017
Sinolagomys ulungurensis Tong 1989
Daxner-Höck et al. 2017
Sinolagomys major Bohlin 1937
Daxner-Höck et al. 2017
Bellatona yanghuensis Zhou 1988
Daxner-Höck et al. 2017
Bellatona cf. kazakhstanica Erbajeva 1988
Erbajeva and Daxner-Höck 2014
NHMW2011/0188/0001–0002
Alloptox cf. minor Li 1978
Daxner-Höck et al. 2017
Amphilagus orientalis Erbajeva 2013
Daxner-Höck et al. 2017
Amphilagus magnus Erbajeva 2013
Daxner-Höck et al. 2017
Amphilagus plicadentis Erbajeva 2013
Erbajeva and Daxner-Höck 2014
NHMW2011/2010
Mammalia - Rodentia - Ctenodactylidae
Yindirtemys suni (Li and Qiu 1980)
Daxner-Höck et al. 2017
Mammalia - Rodentia - Distylomyidae
Prodistylomys sp. Wang and Qi 1989
Daxner-Höck et al. 2017
Mammalia - Rodentia - Dipodidae
Litodonomys lajeensis (Li and Qiu 1980)
Daxner-Höck et al. 2014
NHMW 2013/0242/0001-0017
Litodonomys huangheensis Wang and Qiu 2000
Daxner-Höck et al. 2014
NHMW 2013/0232/0001-0014
Heterosminthus aff. nanus
Daxner-Höck et al. 2014
NHMW 2001/0036/0001/77–78,80, 91–93
Heterosminthus firmus Zazhigin and Lopatin 2000
NHMW 2001z0036/0001/1-84, 91-93
Mammalia - Rodentia - Zapodidae
Plesiosminthus barsboldi n. sp. Daxner-Höck and Wu 2003
Daxner-Höck and Wu 2003
NHMW2001z 0066/0002/1 - type; paratype: NHMW2001z 0066/0002/2
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Democricetodon sui
Daxner-Höck et al. 2017
Mammalia - Rodentia - Muridae
Tachyoryctoides kokonorensis Li and Qiu 1980
Daxner-Höck et al. 2017
synonym of Tachyoryctoides pachygnatus
Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Pteromyini indet. Brandt 1855
Daxner-Höck et al. 2017
Kherem shandgoliensis
Daxner-Höck et al. 2017
Kherem hsandgoliensis Minjin 2004
Maridet et al. 2014
NHMW 2013/0408/0001-0003
Plesiosciurus aff. sinensis Qiu and Liu 1986
Daxner-Höck et al. 2017
? Eutamias sp. Trouessart 1880
Maridet et al. 2014
NHMW 2013/0403/0001
Eutamias sp. Trouessart 1880
Daxner-Höck et al. 2017
Mammalia - Rodentia - Eomyidae
Asianeomys dangheensis (Wang 2002)
Maridet et al. 2015
NHMW 2013/0073/0001-0010
see common names

Geography
Country:Mongolia
Coordinates: 45.5° North, 101.2° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:46.2° North, 100.3° East
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5
Key time interval:Early/Lower Miocene
Age range of interval:23.03000 - 15.98000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Loh
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Biozone D sensu Höck et al. (1999)
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:red siltstone
Secondary lithology: claystone
Includes fossils?Y
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: Rose red silt and clay
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:NHMW
Metadata
Also known as:Valley of Lakes
Database number:180965
Authorizer:P. Mannion, P. Coster Enterer:P. Mannion, P. Coster
Modifier:P. Mannion Research group:vertebrate
Created:2016-08-10 08:57:09 Last modified:2016-10-11 06:52:41
Access level:the public Released:2016-08-10 08:57:09
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
60086. G. Daxner-Höck. 2001. New zapodids (Rodentia) from Oligocene-Miocene deposits in Mongolia. Part 1. Senckenbergiana Lethaea 81(2):359-389 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/P. Mannion]

Secondary references:

62824 G. Daxner-Höck, D. Badamgarav, and O. Maridet. 2014. Dipodidae (Rodentia, Mammalia) from the Oligocene and Early Miocene of Mongolia. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, Serie A 116:131-214 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
68908 G. Daxner-Höck, D. Badamgarav, R. Barsbold, B. Bayarmaa, M. Erbajeva, U.B. Göhlich, and Y. Khand. 2017. Oligocene stratigraphy across the Eocene and Miocene boundaries in the Valley of Lakes (Mongolia). Palaeobiodiversity and palaeoenvironments 97(1):111-218 [P. Coster/P. Coster]
60145 G. Daxner-Höck and W. Wu. 2003. Plesiosminthus (Zapodidae, Mammalia) from China and Mongolia: migrations to Europe. Deinsea 10:127-151 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
60553 M. Erbajeva and G. Daxner-Höck. 2014. The most prominent Lagomorpha from the Oligocene and Early Miocene of Mongolia. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, Serie A 116:215-245 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
62813 O. Maridet, G. Daxner-Höck, D. Badamgarav and U. B. Göhlich. 2014. New discoveries of Sciurids (Rodentia, Mammalia) from the Valley of Lakes (Central Mongolia). Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, Serie A 116:271-291 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
60087 O. Maridet, G. Daxner-Höck, D. Badamgarav and U. B. Göhlich. 2015. The eomyid rodents (Mammalia) from the Oligocene and Miocene of the Valley of Lakes (Central Mongolia). Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 89:207-228 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]