Wulanhuxiu - layer 4: Irdinmanhan, Mongolia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Heleletidae indet.
Erenlagus anielae
IVPP V20260 and V20258
Mammalia - Pantolambdodontidae
Pantolambdodon sp. Granger and Gregory 1934
Mammalia - Creodonta
Creodonta indet. (Cope 1875)
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Lophialetidae
? Lophialetes sp. Matthew and Granger 1925
Schlosseria sp. Matthew and Granger 1926
Mammalia - Perissodactyla
Breviodon sp. Radinsky 1965
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Hyracodontidae
Rhodopagus sp. Radinsky 1965
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Deperetellidae
Deperetellidae indet. Radinsky 1965
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Tapiridae
Teleolophus sp. Matthew and Granger 1925
Mammalia - Helohyidae
Gobiohyus sp. Matthew and Granger 1925
Mammalia - Anagalida - Anagalidae
Anagalidae indet. Simpson 1931
IVPP V20825
Mammalia - Mimotonidae
Gomphos progressus n. sp. Li et al. 2016
IVPP V20259 - type
Mimolagus aurorae Fostowicz-Frelik et al. 2015
IVPP V20826
Mammalia - Lagomorpha
Strenulagus solaris Lopatin and Averianov 2006
IVPP V20256 and V20264
Mammalia - Rodentia
Yuomys sp. Li 1975
IVPP V20829
Mammalia - Rodentia - Paramyidae
Asiomys dawsoni (Qi 1987)
IVPP V20828
see common names

Geography
Country:Mongolia
Coordinates: 42.5° North, 111.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:43.5° North, 104.4° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 2-3
Key time interval:Irdinmanhan
Age range of interval:56.00000 - 37.71000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Ulan Shireh
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:green,red,white mudstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: Mudstone that is greenish in the upper part of the layer, red below and green-white at the very bottom
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,surface (in situ),field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:IVPP
Metadata
Also known as:Chimney Butte; 8 miles north of Tukhum
Database number:182485
Authorizer:P. Mannion Enterer:P. Mannion
Modifier:P. Mannion Research group:vertebrate
Created:2016-11-02 05:39:01 Last modified:2016-11-02 05:47:16
Access level:the public Released:2016-11-02 05:39:01
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

60687. Q. Li, Y.-Q. Wang, and L. Fostowicz-Frelik. 2016. Small mammal fauna from Wulanhuxiu (Nei Mongol, China) implies the Irdinmanhan–Sharamurunian (Eocene) faunal turnover. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 61(4):759-776 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/M. Uhen]