Altan Ula III [KID] (Cretaceous of Mongolia)

Also known as Altan Uul III

Where: Omnogov, Mongolia (43.5° N, 100.3° E: paleocoordinates 41.1° N, 89.4° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial; fine-grained, gray, blue, silty sandstone and mudstone

• "gray blue silt-fine-grained sandstone beds"; "alternation of sandstone and mudstone layers, with intercalations of conglomerate layers (grain size is granule)."

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Korea-Mongolia International Dinosaur Expedition (KID) in 2008

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

Primary reference: S. Lee, Y.-N. Lee, and A. Chinsamy, J., R. Barsbold and K. Tsogtbaatar. 2019. A new baby oviraptorid dinosaur (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous Nemegt Formation of Mongolia. PLoS ONE 14:e0210867:1-25 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 199805: authorized by Patricia Holroyd, entered by Patricia Holroyd on 16.02.2019, edited by Philip Mannion

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Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
 Theropoda - Oviraptoridae
Gobiraptor minutus n. gen. n. sp.
Gobiraptor minutus n. gen. n. sp. Lee et al. 2019 maniraptoran
MPC-D 102-111 - holotype
 Theropoda - Alvarezsauridae
cf. Mononykus sp.
cf. Mononykus sp. Perle et al. 1993 coelurosaur
MPC-D 100/206
 Theropoda -
Nemegtonykus citus n. gen. n. sp.
Nemegtonykus citus n. gen. n. sp. Lee et al. 2019 coelurosaur