Also known as 8 miles north of Tukhum Lamasery; Wulanhuxiu; Buckshot Quarry
Where: Mongolia (44.1° N, 103.6° E: paleocoordinates 45.1° N, 97.1° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Ulan Shireh Formation, Middle Eocene (48.6 - 37.2 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collected by Central Asiatic Expedition of the AMNH in 1928; reposited in the AMNH
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
Primary reference: C. W. Gilmore. 1931. Fossil turtles of Mongolia. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 59:213-257 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 127656: authorized by Roger Benson, entered by Roger Benson on 21.05.2012, edited by Philip Mannion, David Nicholson and Terri Cleary
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Boromys marydawsonae n. sp.9
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"Advenimus bohlini n. sp." = Saykanomys bohlini4
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Shamolagus grangeri n. gen. n. sp.2
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Forstercooperia ulanshirehensis n. sp.10
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"Kennatherium shirensis n. gen. n. sp." = Kennatherium shirense8
"Kennatherium shirensis n. gen. n. sp." = Kennatherium shirense8 Mellett and Szalay 1968 eutherian AMNH 26295 - holotype (posterior part of mandible)
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Pantolambdodon inermis n. gen. n. sp.7 Granger and Gregory 1934 pantodont AMNH 21558 - holotype; paratypes: AMNH 21748 and 22100
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Reptilia | |
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Testudo ulanensis n. sp.1
Testudo ulanensis n. sp.1 Gilmore 1931 turtle AMNH 6691 holotype (a portion of plastron and some costals and peripherals)
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Anosteira mongoliensis n. sp.
Anosteira mongoliensis n. sp. Gilmore 1931 turtle AMNH 6697 (holotype articulated hyoplastron, hypoplastron and xiphiplastron, attached to portions of the carapace rim of both sides)
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Trionychidae indet. Gray 1825 softshell turtle AMNH field number 598, 'parts of a large trionychid turtle'
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Tinosaurus asiaticus n. sp.5
Tinosaurus asiaticus n. sp.5 Gilmore 1943 squamates AMNH 6717 (holotype), median portion of right ramus with 4 posterior teeth
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