Khermeen Tsav I, Gate [HMNS-GIN] (Cretaceous of Mongolia)

Also known as Khermin Tsav, Hermiin Tsav

Where: Omnogov, Mongolia (43.5° N, 99.8° E: paleocoordinates 41.0° N, 88.9° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; sandstone and mudstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by HMNS-GIN in 1993–1994, 1997

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: M. Watabe and D. B. Weishampel. 1994. Results of Hayashibara Museum of Natural Sciences–Institute of Geology, Academy of Sciences of Mongolia Joint Paleontological Expedition to the Gobi Desert in 1993. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 14(3, suppl.):51A [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 168983: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 04.05.2015

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Squamata -
Lacertilia indet.2 lizard
lizard skeleton, 970717 KmT 8:50PM SND
 Dinosauria -
Dinosauria indet.2 Owen 1842 dinosaur
nest with eggs, 930921 KmT
 Ornithischia - Protoceratopsidae
Protoceratopsidae indet.2 Granger and Gregory 1923 ceratopsian
skeleton
Bagaceratops sp.1 Maryanska and Osmólska 1975 ceratopsian
930921 KmT/930921 KhT-1, complete skeleton
 Theropoda - Alvarezsauridae
Mononykus sp.1 Perle et al. 1993 coelurosaur
930921 KmT, skeleton without skull
Aves
 Enantiornithes -
aff. Gobipteryx sp. Elzanowski 1974 bird
930921 KmT, eggs nest of 9 eggs - "Gobipteryx-type"