Bugin Tsav Tarbosaurus (Cretaceous of Mongolia)

Also known as Bugiin Tsav

Where: Omnogov, Mongolia (43.9° N, 100.0° E: paleocoordinates 41.4° N, 89.0° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• 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

Preservation: soft parts

Collected in 2001

Collection methods: salvage, surface (in situ),

• original specimen destroyed by poachers

Primary reference: P. J. Currie, D. Badamgarav, and E. B. Koppelhus. 2003. The first Late Cretaceous footprints from the Nemegt locality in the Gobi of Mongolia. Ichnos 10:1-12 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taphonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 126797: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 18.04.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Theropoda - Tyrannosauridae
Tarbosaurus sp. Maleev 1955 tyrannosaurid
MPD 107/6A, incl. skin impressions