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Ulan Gochu Formation

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Ulan Gochu Formation
Stratigraphic range: Late Middle Eocene or Late Eocene (Ulangochuian)
TypeFormation
Unit ofErlian Basin
UnderliesBaron Sog Formation
OverliesShara Murun Formation
Location
RegionInner Mongolia
CountryChina

The Ulan Gochu Formation is a geologic formation in Inner Mongolia, northern China. The deposits of the Ulan Gochu Formation date to the late Middle Eocene or Late Eocene,[1] and preserve fossils of a diverse, perissodactyl-dominated[2] mammal fauna. The fossil fauna of the Ulan Gochu Formation is the type fauna of the Ulangochuian, one of the Asian land mammal ages (ALMAs).[1]

Research history

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The deposits of the Ulan Gochu Formations are situated in the Erlian Basin, a structural basin located in central Inner Mongolia in northern China,[1][3][4] close to the border between China and Mongolia.[3][4] The first study on the Erlian Basin was published by the Russian geologist Vladimir Obruchev in 1892.[4] It was later extensively studied by the Central Asiatic Expeditions of the American Museum of Natural History,[1][4] over the course of five field seasons[4] in the 1920s.[1] The researchers of the Central Asiatic Expeditions were responsible for naming most of the formations in the basin, including the Ulan Gochu Formations.[4] Later studies and field expeditions in the Erlian Basin were conducted by the Sino-Soviet Paleontological Expedition in 1959–1960, the Regional Geological Survey of the Nei Mongol Autonomous Region in the 1960s and 1970s, and the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, American Museum of Natural History, and Carnegie Museum of Natural History since the 1980s.[4]

The Erlian Basin preserves near-continuous sedimentary layers from the late Paleocene to the early Oligocene.[1][4] The Ulan Gochu Formation preserves strata of late Middle Eocene or Late Eocene age.[1] It overlies the Shara Murun Formation and underlies the Baron Sog Formation.[4]

Because the Eocene sediments in the Erlian Basin are near-continuous, there has been much debate historically over where certain stratigraphic units end and others begin.[3] The Asian land mammal ages (ALMA) of the Eocene are mainly based on the different fossil faunas found in the Erlian Basin;[1][4] the fauna of the Ulan Gochu Formation is the type fauna of the Ulangochuian ALMA.[1] Debate on the stratigraphy have complicated reconstructions of the Asian Eocene, since definitions and interpretations of the stratigraphic units impact the definitions of the land mammal ages.[1][3] In some cases, different researchers have used entirely different frameworks and stratigraphic unit names.[3] Much work has been done in the 21st century to establish a functional framework, though some stratigraphic issues still remain.[1]

Depositional environment

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The Erlian Basin experienced a subtropical and humid climate during the Eocene. The vegetation was highly diverse and dominated by deciduous trees and shrubs.[5]

Fossil fauna

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Mammals

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Anagaloidea

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Genus/family Species Locality Notes/affinities Images
Anagale[1] A. gobiensis[1] Twin Oboes[1] An anagalid.

Artiodactyla

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Genus/family Species Locality Notes/affinities Images
Brachyhyops[1] B. sp.[1] Jhama Obo[1] An entelodont.

Didymoconidae

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Genus/family Species Locality Notes/affinities Images
Didymoconus[1] D. sp.[1] Jhama Obo[1]

Hyaenodontia

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Genus/family Species Locality Notes/affinities Images
Hyaenodon[1] H. sp.[1] Jhama Obo[1]

Lagomorpha

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Genus/family Species Locality Notes/affinities Images
Desmatolagus[1] D. vetustus[1] Jhama Obo[1]
Gobiolagus[1] G. andrewsi[1] Jhama Obo[1]

Mesonychia

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Genus/family Species Locality Notes/affinities Images
Mongolestes[1] M. hadrodens[1] Jhama Obo[1] A mesonychid.

Perissodactyla

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Genus/family Species Locality Notes/affinities Images
Amynodontopsis[1] A. parvidens[1] Jhama Obo[1]
Nom Khong Obo[4]
North of Baron Sog Lamasery[4]		 An amynodont.
A. tholos[1] South of Jhama Obo[1]
Ulan Shireh Obo[1]
Nom Khong Obo[4]
Ardynia[4] A. praecox[4] Erden Obo[4] A hyracodont.
Cadurcodon[1] C. matthewi[1] Jhama Obo[1] An amynodont.
Embolotherium[1] E. andrewsi[1] Jhama Obo[1][4]
South of Jhama Obo[1]
Ulan Shireh Obo[1]		 A brontothere.
E. grangeri[1] Twin Oboes[1][4]
North of Baron Sog Lamasery[4]
South of Baron Sog Lamasery[4]
Juxia[1][4] J. sharamurenensis[1] Ulan Shireh Obo[1] A paracerathere.
J. shoui[4] Erden Obo[4]
Metamynodontini[1] Metamynodontini indet. Jhama Obo[1] An amynodont.
Nasamplus[1][4] N. progressus[1][4] Jhama Obo[1][4] A brontothere.
Schizotherium[4] S. cf. avitum[4] Erden Obo[4] A chalicothere.
Titanodectes[1] T. ingens[1] Jhama Obo[1] A brontothere.
T. minor[1] Twin Oboes[1]
Ulanodon[4][6] U. wilsoni[4] Erden Obo[4] A hyracodont. Previously known as Ulania, a name preoccupied by the trilobite Ulania.[6]
Urtinotherium[1] U. intermedium[1] Erden Obo[4]
Jhama Obo[1]		 A paracerathere.
Zaisanamynodon[1] Z. borisovi[1] Ulan Shireh Obo[1][4] An amynodont.

Pholidota

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Cryptomanis?[1] C. gobiensis[1] Twin Oboes[1] Alternatively classified as a creodont.[1] It is unclear if these fossils are from the Shara Murun or Ulan Gochu formation.[1]

Rodentia

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Genus/family Species Locality Notes/affinities Images
Ardynomys[1][7] A. sp.[1][7] Jhama Obo[1]
Hulgania[1][7] H. ertinia[1][7] Jhama Obo[1]
Rodentia[7] Rodentia indet.[7]

Reptiles

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Genus/family Species Locality Notes/affinities Images
Arretosaurus[1] A. ornatus[1] Twin Oboes[1] An arretosaurid lizard.
Squamata[1] Squamata indet. Twin Oboes[1] Vertebrae from a snake.[1]
Testudo[1] T. nanus[1] Twin Oboes[1] A small tortoise.[1]
T. sp.[1] Jhama Obo[1]
Sharemys[1] S. hemispherica Twin Oboes[1] A small tortoise.[1]

References

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  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 Bai, Bin; Li, Qian; Zhou, Xin-Ying; Wang, Xiao-Yang; Xu, Ran-Cheng; Zhang, Xin-Yue; Quan, Shuo-Shuo; Meng, Jin; Wang, Yuan-Qing (2025). "Litho- and Biostratigraphy of the East Mesa in Shara Murun Region of the Erlian Basin, Inner Mongolia, China, and the subdivision of the Ulangochuian Asian Land Mammal Age". American Museum Novitates. 2025 (4034). doi:10.1206/4034.1. ISSN 0003-0082.
  2. ↑ Bai, Bin; Meng, Jin; Janis, Christine M.; Zhang, Zhao‐Qun; Wang, Yuan‐Qing (2020). "Perissodactyl diversities and responses to climate changes as reflected by dental homogeneity during the Cenozoic in Asia". Ecology and Evolution. 10 (13): 6333–6355. doi:10.1002/ece3.6363. ISSN 2045-7758. PMC 7381588. PMID 32724516.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Wang, Yuan-Qing; Meng, Jin; Jin, Xun (2012). "Comments on Paleogene localities and stratigraphy in the Erlian Basin, Nei Mongol, China". Vertebrate PalAsiatica. 50 (3): 181–203.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 Bai, Bin; Wang, Yuan-Qing; Li, Qian; Wang, Hai-Bing; Mao, Fang-Yuan; Gong, Yan-Xin; Meng, Jin (2018). "Biostratigraphy and Diversity of Paleogene Perissodactyls from the Erlian Basin of Inner Mongolia, China". American Museum Novitates. 3914 (3914): 1–60. doi:10.1206/3914.1. ISSN 0003-0082.
  5. ↑ Jin, Jianhua; Liao, Wenbo; Wang, Bosun; Peng, Shaolin (2003). "Global change in Cenozoic and evolution of flora in Chin". Guangxi Zhiwu. 23 (3): 217–225. ISSN 1000-3142.
  6. 1 2 Bai, Bin; Tao, Qi (2022). "Ulanodon, a new name for the Hyracodontid Ulania Qi, 1990 (Perissodactyla, Mammalia)". Vertebrata PalAsiatica. 60 (4): 328–329.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Tsubamoto, Takehisa (2000). The Pondaung mammal fauna: an analysis of a terrestrial mammal fauna in the latest middle Eocene of central Myanmar (Southeast Asia) (PDF) (PhD thesis).
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