Where: Nei Mongol, China (41.9° N, 114.0° E: paleocoordinates 41.8° N, 113.2° E)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: Early/Lower Pliocene (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)
Environment/lithology: lacustrineunlithified, silty
Size class: mesofossils
Reposited in the IVPP
Primary reference: Z. Qiu and G. Storch. 2000. The early Pliocene Micromammalian Fauna of Bilike, Inner Mongolia, China (Mammalia: Lipotyphla, Chiroptera, Rodentia, Lagomorpha). Senckenbergiana lethaea 80(1):173-229 [L. van den Hoek Ostende/L. van den Hoek Ostende]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 75300: authorized by Lars van den Hoek Ostende, entered by Lars van den Hoek Ostende on 06.10.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Castor anderssoni Schlosser 1924 beaver | |
Prosiphneus cf. eriksoni rodent | |
Kowalskia cf. similis, Kowalskia zhengi n. sp., Sinocricetus progressus n. sp., Nannocricetus mongolicus, Aratomys bilikeensis n. sp., Anatolomys cf. teilhardi, Chardinomys bilikeensis n. sp., Microtodon cf. atavus
Kowalskia cf. similis Wu 1991 mouse
Kowalskia zhengi n. sp. Qiu and Storch 2000 mouse
Sinocricetus progressus n. sp. Qiu and Storch 2000 mouse
Nannocricetus mongolicus Schaub 1934 mouse
Aratomys bilikeensis n. sp. Qiu and Storch 2000 mouse
Anatolomys cf. teilhardi Schaub 1934 mouse
Chardinomys bilikeensis n. sp. Qiu and Storch 2000 mouse
Microtodon cf. atavus Schlosser 1924 mouse | |
Pseudomeriones abbreviatus, "Micromys kozaniensis" = Micromys bendai, Huaxiamys sp., Apodemus sp., Apodemus lii n. sp., Allorattus engesseri n. gen. n. sp.
Pseudomeriones abbreviatus Teilhard 1926 gerbil
"Micromys kozaniensis" = Micromys bendai van de Weerd 1979 harvest mouse
Huaxiamys sp. Wu and Flynn 1992 mouse
Apodemus sp. Kaup 1829 Eurasian field mouse
Apodemus lii n. sp. Qiu and Storch 2000 Eurasian field mouse
Allorattus engesseri n. gen. n. sp. Qiu and Storch 2000 mouse | |
Sicista sp., Sicista wangi n. sp.
Sicista sp. Gray 1827 birch mouse
Sicista wangi n. sp. Qiu and Storch 2000 birch mouse | |
Brachyscirtetes cf. robustus, Sminthoides fraudator, Sinozapus volkeri n. gen. n. sp., Paralactaga suni, Lophocricetus pusillus, Lophocricetus grabaui
Brachyscirtetes cf. robustus Savinov 1970 rodent
Sminthoides fraudator Schlosser 1924 rodent
Sinozapus volkeri n. gen. n. sp. Qiu and Storch 2000 rodent
Paralactaga suni Teilhard de Jardin and Young 1927 rodent
Lophocricetus pusillus Schaub 1934 rodent
Lophocricetus grabaui Schlosser 1924 rodent | |
Myomimus sinensis Wu 1985 dormouse | |
Tamiasciurus cf. yusheensis, Eutamias ertemtensis, Atlantoxerus sp., Prospermophilus orientalis n. gen.
Tamiasciurus cf. yusheensis squirrel
Eutamias ertemtensis Qiu 1991 chipmunk
Atlantoxerus sp. Major 1893 squirrel
Prospermophilus orientalis n. gen. Qiu 1991 squirrel | |
Trischizolagus mirificus n. sp.
Trischizolagus mirificus n. sp. Qiu and Storch 2000 rabbit | |
Ochotona minor pika | |
Erinaceus mongolicus Schlosser 1924 hedgehog | |
Petenyia katrinae n. sp., Sorex sp., Sorex ertemteensis, Sorex pseudoalpinus, Sorex minutoides, Paenelimnoecus obtusus, Lunanosorex cf. lii
Petenyia katrinae n. sp. Qiu and Storch 2000 red-toothed shrew
Sorex sp. Linnaeus 1758 long-tailed shrew
Sorex ertemteensis Storch 1995 long-tailed shrew
Sorex pseudoalpinus Rzebik-Kowalska 1991 long-tailed shrew
Sorex minutoides Storch 1995 long-tailed shrew
Paenelimnoecus obtusus Storch 1995 red-toothed shrew
Lunanosorex cf. lii Jin and Kawamura 1996 shrew | |
Desmana sp. Guldenstaedt 1777 Russian desman
Yanshuella primaeva Schlosser 1924 mole
Quyania cf. chowi Storch and Qiu 1983 mole | |
Myotis aff. annectans vesper bat
Myotis cf. horsfieldii vesper bat
Myotis sp. Kaup 1829 vesper bat
Murina sp. Gray 1842 vesper bat
Vespertilio cf. sinensis vesper bat |