Sharga 2 (Miocene of Mongolia)

Also known as Shargain Gobi

Where: Mongolia (43.5° N, 100.5° E: paleocoordinates 43.4° N, 98.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Oshin Formation, Serravallian (13.8 - 11.6 Ma)

• MN 7+8

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: mesofossils

Collected by Zazhigin in 1978

Primary reference: A. V. Lopatin and V. S. Zazhigin. 2003. New Brachyericinae (Erinaceidae, Insectivora, Mammalia) from the Oligocene and Miocene of Asia. Paleontological Journal 37(1):62-75 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 180876: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 05.08.2016, edited by Mark Uhen

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Aves
 Anseriformes - Anatidae
Anatidae indet.2, Aix praeclara n. sp.3, Mioquerquedula minutissima n. gen. n. sp.3, Anas soporata3, Protomelanitta gracilis n. gen. n. sp.1, Sharganetta mongolica n. gen. n. sp.1, Chenoanas asiatica n. sp.4, Chenoanas deserta n. gen. n. sp.2, Nogusunna conflictoides n. gen. n. sp.1
Anatidae indet.2 Vigors 1825 waterfowl
Aix praeclara n. sp.3 Zelenkov and Kurochkin 2012 duck
Mioquerquedula minutissima n. gen. n. sp.3 Zelenkov and Kurochkin 2012 dabbling duck
Anas soporata3 Kurochkin 1976 dabbling duck
Protomelanitta gracilis n. gen. n. sp.1 Zelenkov 2011 waterfowl
Sharganetta mongolica n. gen. n. sp.1 Zelenkov 2011 waterfowl
Chenoanas asiatica n. sp.4 Zelenkov et al. 2018 waterfowl
Chenoanas deserta n. gen. n. sp.2 Zelenkov 2012 waterfowl
Nogusunna conflictoides n. gen. n. sp.1 Zelenkov 2011 waterfowl
Mammalia
 Theriamorpha - Erinaceidae
Postexallerix mustelidens Lopatin and Zazhigin 2003 hedgehog
GIN, no. 1105/10