Tsagan Hushu [MPE/SMGE] (PIN coll. 552) (Cretaceous of Mongolia)

Also known as Soviet-Mongolian Geological Expedition, Tsagan Ula, Tsagan Khushu, Tsagaan Uul

Where: Omnogov, Mongolia (43.5° N, 100.4° E: paleocoordinates 41.1° N, 89.4° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Nemegt Formation, Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; white siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by MPE, SMGE in 1948–1949, 1967–1969

Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ),

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: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 165580: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 23.01.2015

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Testudines - Lindholmemydidae
Gravemys barsboldi1 Sukhanov and Narmandakh 1974 turtle
ZISP PH 1/24
 Ornithischia - Spheroolithidae
Spheroolithidae indet.4 Zhao 1979 ornithopod
PIN 2970/4-1
 Theropoda - Tyrannosauridae
"Gorgosaurus novojilovi n. sp." = Tarbosaurus bataar
"Gorgosaurus novojilovi n. sp." = Tarbosaurus bataar Maleev 1955 tyrannosaurid
PIN 552-2
 Theropoda - Elongatoolithidae
Macroolithus rugustus3 Young 1965 theropod
Elongatoolithus excellens n. sp.2 Mikhailov 1994 theropod
E1 Group