Altan Ula III, site 2 [PMPE] (Cretaceous of Mongolia)

Also known as Polish-Mongolian Palaeontological Expedition, AU3002

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

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• upper Nemegt beds = Nemegt Fm., "tentatively placed" low in formation

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; poorly lithified, fine-grained sandstone

• "a poorly indurated, fine sandstone approximately 35 cm thick"

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Z. Kielan-Jaworowska, PMPE, KMIDP in 1965, 2008

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

• quarry re-opened in 2008 by Korea-Mongolia International Dinosaur Project

Primary reference: Z. Kielan-Jaworowska and N. Dovchin. 1968. Narrative of the Polish-Mongolian Palaeontological Expeditions 1963-1965. Palaeontologia Polonica 19:7-29 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 38695: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 29.04.2004

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Theropoda - Deinocheiridae
Deinocheirus mirificus n. gen. n. sp.2
Deinocheirus mirificus n. gen. n. sp.2 Kielan-Jaworowska 1969 ornithomimosaur
ZPal MgD-I/6 (MPC-D 100/018)
 Theropoda - Tyrannosauridae
Tarbosaurus bataar1 Maleev 1955 tyrannosaurid
tooth marks on gastralia of Deinocheirus