Ulan Shireh (SSPE): Middle Eocene, China
collected by SSPE 1959

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Carnivora - Miacidae
Carnivora indet. Bowdich 1821
    = Miacidae indet. Cope 1880
Ye 1983
IVPP V 6698
Mammalia - Creodonta - Hyaenodontidae
cf. Propterodon morrisi (Matthew and Granger 1924)
Ye 1983
Mammalia - Creodonta - Oxyaenidae
Sarkastodon mongoliensis Granger 1938
Ye 1983
Mammalia - Helohyidae
Gobiohyus ? orientalis Matthew and Granger 1925
Ye 1983
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Brontotheriidae
Brontotheriidae indet. (Marsh 1873)
    = Acrotitan ulanshirehensis n. gen., n. sp. Ye 1983
Ye 1983
IVPP V 6686 - holotype
Desmatotitan tukhumensis Granger and Gregory 1943
Ye 1983
Microtitan mongoliensis (Osborn 1925)
Ye 1983
Epimanteoceras formosus Granger and Gregory 1943
Ye 1983
Dolichorhinoides angustidens Granger and Gregory 1943
Ye 1983
synonym of Epimanteoceras formosus
Protitan bellus Granger and Gregory 1943
Ye 1983
Mammalia - Perissodactyla
? Breviodon sp. Radinsky 1965
Ye 1983
Breviodon minutus
Ye 1983
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Tapiridae
Teleolophus medius Matthew and Granger 1925
Ye 1983
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Paraceratheriidae
Forstercooperia cf. grandis (Peterson 1919)
Ye 1983
nomen dubium belonging to Forstercooperiinae
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Amynodontidae
Lushiamynodon sharamurenensis Xu 1966
Xu 1966
IVPP V3217
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Hyracodontidae
Rhodopagus pygmaeus n. sp. Radinsky 1965
Lucas and Schoch 1981
synonym of Rhodopagus minimus
AMNH 81859 - type; referred material: AMNH 20330-20350, 20390-20394, 26112, 26114 and 81860
? Triplopus proficiens
Ye 1983
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Lophialetidae
Simplaletes ulanshirehensis n. sp. Qi 1980
Qi 1980
synonym of Schlosseria magister
IVPP V 6059 - type; referred material: IVPP V 6060
? Zhongjianoletes sp. Ye 1983
Ye 1983
IVPP V 6672-6675
Helaletidae indet. Osborn 1892
    = Zhongjianoletes chowi n. gen., n. sp. Ye 1983
Ye 1983
IVPP V 6671 - holotype
Lophialetes ? expeditus Matthew and Granger 1925
Ye 1983
Mammalia - Acreodi - Hapalodectidae
? Hapalodectes serus Matthew and Granger 1925
Ye 1983
Mammalia - Acreodi - Mesonychidae
Mesonychidae indet. Cope 1875
Ye 1983
? Harpagolestes orientalis Szalay and Gould 1966
Ye 1983
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Shamolagus grangeri Burke 1941
Ye 1983
Palaeolaginae indet. Dice 1929
Ye 1983
Mammalia - Rodentia
Yuomys weijingensis n. sp. Ye 1983
Ye 1983
IVPP V 6694 - type; referred specimen: IVPP V 6695
Mammalia - Didymoconida
Kennatherium shirehensis
Ye 1983
Mammalia - Coryphodontidae
Eudinoceras mongoliensis Osborn 1924
Ye 1983
Mammalia - Pantolambdodontidae
Pantolambdodon fortis Granger and Gregory 1934
Ye 1983
Pantolambdodon inermis Granger and Gregory 1934
Ye 1983
Reptilia - Testudines
Chelonia indet. (Latreille 1800)
synonym of Testudines
Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionychidae indet. Gray 1825
1 individual
Amyda neimenguensis n. sp. Yeh 1965
Brinkman et al. 2008
synonym of Trionyx johnsoni
IVPP V 2870
see common names

Geography
Country:China State/province:Nei Mongol
Coordinates: 42.0° North, 111.5° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:43.0° North, 105.0° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 2-3
*Period:Early/Lower Tertiary *Epoch:Late/Upper Eocene
Key time interval:Middle Eocene
Age range of interval:47.80000 - 37.71000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Shara Murum
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
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
Collectors:SSPE Collection dates:1959
Metadata
Database number:28792
Authorizer:M. Carrano, P. Mannion, D. Nicholson Enterer:M. Carrano, P. Mannion, D. Nicholson
Modifier:P. Mannion Research group:vertebrate
Created:2003-02-24 21:54:14 Last modified:2016-05-27 04:33:01
Access level:the public Released:2003-02-24 21:54:14
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]
1699 W. Granger and W. K. Gregory. 1943. A revision of the Mongolian titanotheres. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 80(10):349-389 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/P. Mannion]
58487 S. G. Lucas and R. M. Schoch. 1981. The systematics of Rhodopagus, a Late Eocene hyracodontid (Perissodactyla, Rhinocerotoidea) from China. Bulletin of the Geological Institutions of the University of Uppsala, NS 9:43-50 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
58439 T. Qi. 1980. A New Eocene Lophialetid Genus of Inner Mongolia. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 18(3):215-219 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
60032 Y.-X. Xu. 1966. Amynodonts of Inner Mongolia. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 10(2):124-190 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
58466 J. Ye. 1983. Mammalian Fauna from the Late Eocene of Ulan Shireh Area, Inner Mongolia. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 21(2):109-118 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]