Nigerndeg bonebed, Bayan Mandahu site 36 (Cretaceous of China)

Also known as Sino-Canadian Dinosaur Project, Castle Butte

Where: Nei Mongol, China (41.8° N, 106.7° E: paleocoordinates 39.6° N, 96.2° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Bayan Mandahu Formation, Campanian (83.6 - 72.1 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: eolian; sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by SCDP in 1988; reposited in the IVPP

Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,

Primary reference: P. J. Currie and J.-H. Peng. 1994. A juvenile specimen of Saurornithoides mongoliensis from the Upper Cretaceous of northern China. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 30(10-11):2224-2230 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 46973: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 27.01.2005

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Theropoda - Troodontidae
Saurornithoides mongoliensis Osborn 1924 maniraptoran
IVPP V10597