Tsagan Hushu, site 4 [PMPE] (Cretaceous of Mongolia)

Also known as Polish-Mongolian Palaeontological Expedition, Tsagan Ula, Tsagan Khushu, TsKh004

Where: Omnogov, Mongolia (43.4° N, 100.4° 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)

• near base of section

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; fine-grained sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Gradzinski, Skarzynski & PMPE in 1964–1965

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

Primary reference: Z. Kielan-Jaworowska and K. Kowalski. 1965. Polish-Mongolian Palaeontological Expeditions to the Gobi Desert in 1963 and 1964. Bulletin de l'Académie Polonaise des Sciences, Cl. II 13(3):175-179 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 38703: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 29.04.2004

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Theropoda - Tyrannosauridae
Tarbosaurus sp. Maleev 1955 tyrannosaurid
"almost complete skeleton"