Also known as SCDP site 1, site K, AMNH quarry 141, Johnson's Quarry
Where: Nei Mongol, China (43.7° N, 112.2° E)
• Paleocoordinates: 40.4° N, 106.5° E (Wright 2013)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Iren Dabasu Formation, Middle Campanian to Middle Campanian (83.6 - 72.2 Ma)
• The Iren Dabasu Formation is Middle–Late Campanian according to Xing et al. 2012
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by A. F. Johnson in 1922-1928; reposited in the AMNH
Collection methods: quarrying, surface (float), surface (in situ), mechanical,
• probably also visited by 1959 Sino-Soviet Paleontological Expedition
Primary reference: H. F. Osborn. 1922. Discovery of Cretaceous and older Tertiary strata in Mongolia. Science 56(1446):291-293 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 48933: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 04.04.2005
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
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"Pelecypoda indet." = Bivalvia1
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"Ornithomimus asiaticus" = Archaeornithomimus asiaticus2
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