Unkheltseg (UNCH 3/4, mixed) (Miocene of Mongolia)

Also known as Valley of Lakes

Where: Mongolia (45.5° N, 101.2° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 43.6° N, 98.2° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Loh Formation, Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 16.0 Ma)

• Biozone D sensu Höck et al. (1999)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: mesofossils

Reposited in the NHMW

Primary reference: M. Morlo and D. Nagel. 2002. New Didymoconidae (Mammalia) from the Oligocene of Central Mongolia and first information on the tooth eruption sequence of the family. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie. Abhandlungen 223(1):123-144 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 176449: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 12.02.2016

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Didymoconida -
Didymoconus berkeyi Matthew and Granger 1924 eutherian
NHMW 2000z0058/0046
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Rhinocerotidae indet.3 Gray 1821 rhinoceros
NHMW 2000z0159/0001
cf. Caementodon sp.3 Heissig 1972 rhinoceros
NHMW 2000z0161/0001
 Rodentia - Muridae
"Tachyoryctoides kokonorensis" = Tachyoryctoides pachygnatus1
"Tachyoryctoides kokonorensis" = Tachyoryctoides pachygnatus1 Bohlin 1937 mouse
NHMW 2013/0460
 Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae
Bellatona yanghuensis2 Zhou 1988 pika
NHMW 2011/0189/0001–0011
Sinolagomys ulungurensis2 Tong 1989 pika
NHMW2013/0376/0001–0004