Nemegt, Central Sayr, site 4 [PMPE] (Cretaceous of Mongolia)

Also known as Polish-Mongolian Palaeontological Expeditions, Nem004

Where: Omnogov, Mongolia (43.5° N, 101.1° E: paleocoordinates 41.2° N, 90.0° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• middle part of "upper beds" = Nemegt Fm

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; silty sandstone and sandstone

• "upper sand with silt intercalations"

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by PMPE in 1964–1965

Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,

Primary reference: R. Gradzinski, J. Kazmierczak, and J. Lefeld. 1968. Geographical and geological data from the Polish-Mongolian Palaeontological Expeditions. Palaeontologia Polonica 198:33-82 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 180683: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 27.07.2016

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Theropoda - Ornithomimidae
Gallimimus bullatus Osmólska et al. 1972 ornithomimid
"incomplete tail of a small (about 2 m long) ornithomimid dinosaur"