Ulan Malgait Mtn. [Ulan Malgait Fm., bed 3] [SMPE] (Jurassic of Mongolia)

Also known as Shar-Teg, Shar Teeg, Shar Teg

Where: Govi-Altay, Mongolia (44.1° N, 95.8° E: paleocoordinates 46.0° N, 98.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Ulan Malgait Formation, Tithonian (152.1 - 145.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; brown, yellow, calcareous sandstone and brown, gray, calcareous siltstone

• "Sharply asymmetric cyclite; in the base of the layer there are yellow-brown polymictic sandstones (up to 1.1 m) with remains of turtles and dinosaurs (sauropods), transferring above to brown-grey-brown layered siltstones with white carbonate joints. Total thickness about 63-65 m."

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by SMPE in 1989

Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ),

Primary reference: Y. M. Gubin and S. M. Sinitza. 1996. Shar Teg: a unique Mesozoic locality of Asia. In M. Morales (ed.), The Continental Jurassic. Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin 60:311-318 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 179181: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 03.06.2016

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Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
 Saurischia - Mamenchisauridae
aff. Mamenchisaurus sp.
aff. Mamenchisaurus sp. Young 1954 mamenchisaurid
 Testudinata -
Testudinata indet.
Testudinata indet. Oppel 1811 turtle