Tairum Nor (AMNH and SSPE): Serravallian, China
collected by AMNH and SSPE 1928 1959
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Mylopharyngodon wui n. gen., n. sp.
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Chen and Arratia 2010 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Distylomyidae
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Distylomys tedfordi n. gen., n. sp.
Wang 1988
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Wang 1988 | |||||||||
| AMNH 114262 - type | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Mustelidae
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Melinae indet.
Burmeister 1872
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1 individual | |||||||||
| "new meline mustelid" | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Cervidae indet.
Gray 1821
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Mastodontidae
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Mastodontidae indet.
(Gray 1821)
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Trionychidae
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Trionyx sculptus n. sp.
Gilmore 1931
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Brinkman et al. 2008 | |||||||||
| nomen dubium belonging to Trionychidae | ||||||||||
| AMNH 6700, an incomplete carapace | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Geoemydidae
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? Ocadia perplexa n. sp.
Gilmore 1931
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Gilmore 1931 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Anseriformes
- Anatidae
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Chenoanas asiatica
Zelenkov et al. 2018
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Zelenkov et al. 2018 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | China | State/province: | Nei Mongol |
| Coordinates: | 43.4° North, 113.1° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 43.3° North, 111.0° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| Stage: | Serravallian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 |
| *Period: | Middle Tertiary | *Epoch: | Middle - Late/Upper Miocene - Pliocene |
| Key time interval: | Serravallian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 13.82000 - 11.63000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Tunggur | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: slightly higher stratigraphic level than the 1959 Tung Gur locality.
MN7+8 | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | red sandstone |
| Secondary lithology: | pebbly,red mudstone |
| Lithology description: "The lower section is 217 m of orange-red, brick red quartz sands grading to fine sands that unconformably overlie the Qingshuiying Fm. The upper section is 55 m of light red, orange-red gravelly mudstones grading to quartz sandstones and calcareous concretions." "Many fossils are preserved in the concretions." | |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Associated major elements: | some |
| Disassociated major elements: | some |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Museum repositories: | AMNH | ||
| Collectors: | AMNH and SSPE | Collection dates: | 1928 and 1959 |
Metadata
| Also known as: | S. Camp 1928; Ulan Nor; Roadmark 346 Locality | ||
| Database number: | 28782 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano, P. Mannion, M. Uhen, P. Holroyd, D. Nicholson | Enterer: | M. Carrano, D. Nicholson, P. Mannion, M. Uhen, H. Khan, P. Holroyd |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2003-02-24 17:18:41 | Last modified: | 2020-08-03 15:55:51 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2003-02-24 17:18:41 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 7905. | 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] |
Secondary references:
| 58770 | D. B. Brinkman, J.-L. Li, and X.-K. Ye. 2008. Order Testudines. In J. Li, X. Wu, F. Zhange (eds.), The Chinese Fossil Reptiles and Their Kin 35-102 [D. Nicholson/D. Nicholson/D. Nicholson] | |
| 83154 | P. Chen and G. Arratia. 2010. Oldest Known Mylopharyngodon (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) from the Mongolian Plateau and Its Biogeographical Implications Based on Ecological Niche Modeling. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30(2):333-340 [M. Uhen/H. Khan] | |
| 34192 | ETE | C. W. Gilmore. 1931. Fossil turtles of Mongolia. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 59:213-257 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 57698 | B. Wang. 1988. Distylomyidae Fam. Nov. (Ctenodactyloidea, Rodentia) from Nei Mongol, China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 26(1):35-49 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] | |
| 73265 | N. V. Zelenkov, T. A. Stidham, N. Martynovich, N. V. Volkova, Q. Li and Z. Qui. 2018. The middle Miocene duck, Chenoanas (Aves, Anatidae): New species, phylogeny and geographical range. Papers in Paleontology 4(3):309-326 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |