Nemegt, Central Sayr, site 2 [PMPE] (Cretaceous of Mongolia)

Also known as Polish-Mongolian Palaeontological Expeditions, Nem002, Tarb68

Where: Omnogov, Mongolia (43.5° N, 101.1° E: paleocoordinates 41.2° N, 90.0° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Nemegt Formation, Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)

• lower part of Nemegt Formation (= Upper Nemegt beds here), just above the Passage Series and at top of them as well

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; white, conglomeratic sandstone and mudstone

• "light sandstone with gravel"

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Collected by Maryanska & PMPE in 1964–1965

Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,

Primary reference: R. Gradzinski, J. Kazmierczak, and J. Lefeld. 1968. Geographical and geological data from the Polish-Mongolian Palaeontological Expeditions. Palaeontologia Polonica 198:33-82 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 180681: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 27.07.2016

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Theropoda - Tyrannosauridae
Tarbosaurus bataar Maleev 1955 tyrannosaurid
ZPal MgD-I/29; "almost complete skeleton of large Tarbosaurus bataar"