Altan Ula III, site 3 [PMPE] (Cretaceous of Mongolia)

Also known as Polish-Mongolian Palaeontological Expedition, AU3003

Where: Omnogov, Mongolia (43.6° N, 100.5° E: paleocoordinates 41.2° N, 89.5° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• upper Nemegt beds = Nemegt Fm., high in formation

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; conglomeratic sandstone and sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Rachtan, PMPE III in 1965

Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,

Primary reference: Z. Kielan-Jaworowska. 1966. Third (1965) Polish-Mongolian Palaeontological Expedition to the Gobi Desert and western Mongolia. Bulletin de l'Académie Polonaise des Sciences, Cl. II 14(4):249-252 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 38696: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 29.04.2004

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Theropoda - Tyrannosauridae
Tarbosaurus sp. Maleev 1955 tyrannosaurid