Tsagan Tsav: Middle Eocene, Mongolia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Rodentia
Butomys gobiensis n. gen., n. sp.
Dashzeveg and Meng 1998
PSS 39/19 - holotype
Yuomys sp. Li 1975
Dashzeveg and Meng 1998
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Gobiolagus sp. Burke 1941
Dashzeveg and Meng 1998
Shamolagus sp. Burke 1941
Mammalia - Changlelestidae
Zaraalestes russelli n. gen., n. sp. Storch and Dashzeveg 1997
Mammalia - Perissodactyla
Breviodon minutus
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Lophialetidae
Lophialetes expeditus Matthew and Granger 1925
Mammalia - Viverravidae
Viverravus sp. Marsh 1872
see common names

Geography
Country:Mongolia
Coordinates: 43.6° North, 109.6° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:45.0° North, 103.3° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
Key time interval:Middle Eocene
Age range of interval:48.60000 - 37.20000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:75718
Authorizer:L. van den Hoek Ostende, P. Mannion Enterer:L. van den Hoek Ostende, P. Mannion
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2007-10-24 16:14:23 Last modified:2007-10-24 19:14:23
Access level:the public Released:2007-10-24 16:14:23
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

25552. G. Storch and D. Dashzeveg. 1997. Zaraalestes russelli, a new tupaiodontine erinaceid (Mammalia, Lipotyphla) from the Middle Eocene of Mongolia. Geobios 30(3):437-445 [L. van den Hoek Ostende/L. van den Hoek Ostende]

Secondary references:

45333 D. Dashzeveg and J. Meng. 1998. New Eocene ctenodactyloid rodents from the Eastern Gobi Desert of Mongolia and a phylogenetic analysis of ctenodactyloids based on dental features. American Museum Novitates 3246 :1-20 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]