Altan Ula II [SMPE] (PIN coll. 553) (Cretaceous of Mongolia)

Also known as Soviet-Mongolian Paleontological Expedition

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)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by SMPE in 1948–1949; reposited in the PIN

Collection methods: mechanical, peel or thin section,

Primary reference: E. A. Maleev. 1955. [New carnivorous dinosaurs from the Upper Cretaceous of Mongolia]. Doklady Akademii Nauk USSR 104(5):779-783 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 73437: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 15.06.2007

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Theropoda - Oviraptoridae
"Oviraptor mongoliensis n. sp." = Rinchenia mongoliensis1
"Oviraptor mongoliensis n. sp." = Rinchenia mongoliensis1 Barsbold 1986 maniraptoran
IGM 100/32
 Theropoda - Tyrannosauridae
"Gorgosaurus lancinator n. sp." = Tarbosaurus bataar
"Gorgosaurus lancinator n. sp." = Tarbosaurus bataar Maleev 1955 tyrannosaurid
PIN 553-3/1
Amphibia
 Salientia - Discoglossidae
Altanulia alifanovi n. gen. n. sp.2
Altanulia alifanovi n. gen. n. sp.2 Gubin 1993 painted frog
PIN 553/300