Bayan Tal, Alaten Obo: Campanian, China
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Prismatoolithidae
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Prismatoolithus sp.
Zhao and Li 1993
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Dromaeosauridae
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Dromaeosauridae indet.
Colbert and Russell 1969
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Elongatoolithidae
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Elongatoolithus sp.
Zhao 1975
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Reptilia
- Protoceratopsidae
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Protoceratops sp.
Granger and Gregory 1923
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| abundant | ||||||||||
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= Protoceratops hellenikorhinus
Lambert et al. 2001
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Chen et al. 2022 | |||||||||
| GMCV2678-1, GMCV2679-1 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Ankylosauridae
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Pinacosaurus sp.
Gilmore 1933
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| GMCV2682 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | China | State/province: | Nei Mongol | County: | Alxa |
| Coordinates: | 39.2° North, 101.7° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 36.2° North, 92.1° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Campanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 7 |
| Key time interval: | Campanian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 83.60000 - 72.10000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Wulansuhai | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: no stratigraphic layer indicated | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | fine sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: "fine grained sandstones" | |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | excellent |
| Associated major elements: | some |
| Fragmentation: | occasional |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (float),surface (in situ),field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 205652 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano, P. Mannion | Enterer: | M. Carrano, P. Mannion |
| Modifier: | P. Mannion | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2019-10-17 13:56:37 | Last modified: | 2023-05-05 10:07:27 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2019-10-17 13:56:37 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 70504. | S. Ji, L. Zhang, L. Lu and J. Hao. 2017. The first discovery of the Late Cretaceous protoceratopsid fauna from Alxa, Inner Mongolia, China. Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition) 91(5):1908-1909 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 84659 | X. Chen, K. Tan, L. Lu and S. Ji. 2022. Occurrence of Protoceratops hellenikorhinus (Ceratopsia: Protoceratopsidae) in Alxa region, western Inner Mongolia, China. Acta Geologica Sinica 96(11):3722-3732 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] | |
| 82280 | Ł Czepiński. 2020. New protoceratopsid specimens improve the age correlation of the Upper Cretaceous Gobi Desert strata. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 65(3):481-497 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 84660 | K. Tan, X. Chen, L. Lu and S. Ji. 2022. On the Ankylosaurid Pinacosaurus from the Late Cretaceous of Alxa Right Banner, Inner Mongolia. Acta Geologica Sinica 96(11):3733-3740 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] |