Where: Nei Mongol, China (41.7° N, 107.0° E: paleocoordinates 39.6° N, 96.3° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Djadokhta Formation, Middle Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: eolian; red sandstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collected by Sino-Canadian Dinosuar Project [SCDP] (IVPP & RTMP); reposited in the IVPP
Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ)
Primary reference: K. -Q. Gao and L. -H. Hou. 1996. Systematics and taxonomic diversity of squamates from the Upper Cretaceous Djadochta Formation, Bayan Mandahu, Gobi Desert, People's Republic of China. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 33:578-598 [R. Benson/R. Benson/R. Benson]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 118302: authorized by Roger Benson, entered by Roger Benson on 11.10.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Adamisaurus magnidentatus Sulimski 1972 squamates IVPP V10053-58 (skulls), V10059-69 (partial skulls) - from Bayan Tu, North Canyon, and the Gate
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Mimeosaurus crassus Gilmore 1943 squamates IVPP 10031-10036 (skulls), 10037 (mandible) from Bayan Tu, North Canyon, and the Gate
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