Altan Ula IV, general [PMPE] (Cretaceous of Mongolia)

Also known as Polish-Mongolian Palaeontological Expeditions

Where: Omnogov, Mongolia (43.6° N, 100.5° E: paleocoordinates 41.2° N, 89.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by PMPE in 1970-1971

Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ), mechanical,

Primary reference: Z. Kielan-Jaworowska and R. Barsbold. 1972. Narrative of the Polish-Mongolian Palaeontological Expeditions 1967-1971. Palaeontologia Polonica 27:5-136 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 37020: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 23.02.2004

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
  -
Saurornithoides sp.2
ZPAL MgD-I/174
Reptilia
 Testudinata -
Testudinata indet. Oppel 1811 turtle
"turtles"
 Dinosauria -
Dinosauria indet. dinosaur
isolatedd and fragmentary bones and skeletons
 Theropoda - Troodontidae
Borogovia gracilicrus n. gen. n. sp.1
Borogovia gracilicrus n. gen. n. sp.1 Osmolska 1987 maniraptoran
ZPAL MgD-I/174
 Theropoda - Ornithomimidae
Gallimimus bullatus3 Osmólska et al. 1972 ornithomimid
2 fragmentary skeletons
 Theropoda - Tyrannosauridae
Tarbosaurus bataar Maleev 1955 tyrannosaurid
 Ornithischia - Hadrosauridae
Saurolophus angustirostris Rozhdestvensky 1952 hadrosaurine
small, incomplete skeleton with good skull
 Ornithischia - Protoceratopsidae
? Protoceratopsidae indet.4 Granger and Gregory 1923 ceratopsian
ZPAL MgOv-I/1