Mogoito, Promoina Klevenskogo (Cretaceous of Russian Federation)

Also known as Gusinoye Lake; Lake Gusinoe; Kanon Ravine; Dinosaur Gulch, Ovrag Dinozavrov

Where: Buryat, Russian Federation (51.2° N, 106.3° E: paleocoordinates 53.8° N, 105.3° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Mogoito Member (Murtoi Formation), Valanginian (139.8 - 132.9 Ma)

• Late Barremian to 'middle' Aptian. Shown as within the "lower (dinosaur" layer, below the "Turginsk Gorizont" in Martinson 1961.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; sandstone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Collected by P. M. Klivenskii, Dmitriyev, Starkov, Nessov in 1931, 1959, 1963, 1998-1999, 2001-2002

Collection methods: bulk, quarrying, surface (float), surface (in situ), mechanical, sieve,

Primary reference: K. B. Yuryev. 1954. Kratkiy obzor nakhodok dinozavrov na territorii SSSR [A brief reivew of dinosaur finds in the USSR]. Uchenyye Zapiski, Leningradskogo Ordena Lenina Gosudarstvennogo Universiteta. Seriya Biologicheskikh Nauk 181(38):183-197 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 58196: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Kaitlin Maguire on 26.01.2006, edited by Matthew Carrano, Roger Benson, Philip Mannion and Richard Butler

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
  -
Osteichthyes
 Palaeonisciformes -
Mammalia
 Theriamorpha - Otlestidae
"Prokennalestes abramovi n. sp." = Murtoilestes abramovi3, "Murtoilestes abramovi" = Murtoilestes abramovi8
"Prokennalestes abramovi n. sp." = Murtoilestes abramovi3 Averianov and Skutschas 2000 eutherian
ZIN 34834 (holotype left M2); plus specimens referred by Averianov & Skutschas 2001: ZIN 34993, right M1 and ZIN 34994, left m3
"Murtoilestes abramovi" = Murtoilestes abramovi8 Averianov and Skutschas 2000 eutherian
ZIN 34834, 34993, 34994
Reptilia
 Squamata - Paramacellodidae
Paramacellodidae indet.4 Estes 1983 squamates
 Pterosauria - Ornithocheiridae
Ornithocheiridae indet.1 Seeley 1870 pterosaur
 Saurischia -
Sauropoda indet.2 Marsh 1878 sauropod
ZIN PH 19/13, 29/13, 30/13, teeth; ZIN PH 25/13, R MT IV
Titanosauriformes indet.4 Salgado et al. 1997 sauropod
Tengrisaurus starkovi n. gen. n. sp.5 Averianov and Skutschas 2017 sauropod
ZIN PH 7/13 - holotype; referred specimens: ZIN PH 14/13 and 8/13, BM 38/7120
 Theropoda -
Theropoda indet.2 Marsh 1881 theropod
CCMGE 1/4928, phalanx; ZIN PH 27/13, scapula
Theropoda indet.10 Marsh 1881 theropod
Theropoda indet.5 Marsh 1881 theropod
ZIN PH 5/13
 Theropoda - Dromaeosauridae
Dromaeosauridae indet.6 Colbert and Russell 1969 maniraptoran
ZIN PH 3/13
Aves
  -
Aves indet.4 Linnaeus 1758 bird
Reptilia
 Theropoda - Therizinosauridae
Therizinosauridae indet.6 Maleev 1954 coelurosaur
SHOULD BE THERIZINOSAURIDAE BUT THE SCRIPT WON'T LET ME ID and RE-ID THE SAME NAME!
 Theropoda -
Ornithomimosauria indet.4 Barsbold 1976 ornithomimosaur
Ornithomimosauria indet.6 Barsbold 1976 ornithomimosaur
 Neornithischia - Jeholosauridae
Jeholosauridae indet.2 Han et al. 2012 ornithischian
ZIN PH 24/13, proximal L femur
 Choristodera -
Khurendukhosaurus sp.11 Sigogneau-Russell and Efimov 1984 choristodere
ZIN PH 1/25-4/25, 8/25-25/25
Khurendukhosaurus bajkalensis n. sp.11 Efimov 1996 choristodere
PIN 2234/201 - type (right scapulocoracoid and dorsal rib)
 Testudines - Macrobaenidae
Kirgizemys dmitrievi n. sp.11 Nessov and Khozatskii 1981 turtle
 Testudines -
? Chelonioidea indet.9 Baur 1893 sea turtle
'some poorly determined forms (Chelonioidea?)'
Sphenopteridae
  - Sphenopteridae
Gnetopsida
  -
"Pityophyllum ex gr. nordenskioldii" = Pityophyllum nordenskioeldi7
"Pityophyllum ex gr. nordenskioldii" = Pityophyllum nordenskioeldi7 Heer 1899
Pinopsida
 Pinales - Taxaceae
Cyparissidium gracile7 Heer 1868 yew
Polypodiopsida
 Cyatheales - Polypodiidae
Coniopteris onychioides7 scaly tree fern
 Schizaeales - Polypodiidae
  -
Pityocladus
  -
Pityocladus sp.7 Seward 1919
Concavissimisporites
  -
Concavissimisporites sp.7 Delcourt and Sprumont 1955
Ginkgocycadophytus
  -
Ginkgocycadophytus sp.7 Samoilovitch 1953
Carpolithes
  -
Carpolithes sp.7 Schlotheim 1820
 Peipiaosteiformes - Peipiaosteidae
Stichopterus sp.4 Reis 1909