Tatal bonebed (Cretaceous to of Mongolia)

Also known as Mongol Highland International Dinosaur Project

Where: Uvs, Mongolia (48.8° N, 92.6° E: paleocoordinates 48.9° N, 92.4° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Tsagaantsav Formation, Valanginian to Valanginian (139.8 - 125.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Mongol Highland International Dinosaur Project in 1998

Collection methods: quarrying,

• GIN, Institute of Geology, Mongolian Academy of Sciences, Ulan Bataar, Mongolia;

Primary reference: J. Lü, Y. Azuma, Z. Dong, R. Barsbold, Y. Kobayashi and Y.-N. Lee. 2009. New material of dsungaripterid pterosaurs (Pterosauria: Pterodactyloidea) from western Mongolia and its palaeoecological implications. Geological Magazine 146:690-700 [R. Butler/R. Butler]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 91412: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Richard Butler on 21.09.2009

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Pterosauria - Dsungaripteridae
Noripterus complicidens Young 1973 pterosaur
GIN125/1010-1a, partial skull; GIN125/1010-1b, associated postcranial material; GIN125/1010-1c, right femur
Dsungaripterus weii Young 1964 pterosaur
GIN125/1010-2, right tibia and fibula; GIN125/1010-3, right wing metacarpal IV; GIN125/1010-4, cervical vertebra 4