Tsagan Hushu, site 1 [PMPE] (Cretaceous of Mongolia)

Also known as Polish-Mongolian Palaeontological Expedition, Tsagan Ula, Tsagan Khushu, TsKh001

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

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• near base of section

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Skarzynski & PMPE in 1964

Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ), 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: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 180784: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 02.08.2016

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Theropoda - Ornithomimidae
Gallimimus bullatus Osmólska et al. 1972 ornithomimid
"incomplete skeleton of a large (about 5 m long) ornithomimid dinosaur, with poorly preserved skull"