Nemegt, Western Sayr, site 12 [PMPE] (Cretaceous of Mongolia)

Also known as Polish-Mongolian Palaeontological Expedition, Nem012

Where: Omnogov, Mongolia (43.5° N, 101.0° 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)

• upper part of formation (= Upper Nemegt beds here)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; yellow, silty sandstone

• "upper sandstone with silt intercalations"

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Malecki & PMPE in 1965, 1970, 2008

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 38023: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 31.03.2004

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Theropoda - Tyrannosauridae
Tarbosaurus bataar Maleev 1955 tyrannosaurid
ZPal MgD-I/4; L hind limb and partial pelvic girdle and partial skull