Flaming Cliffs, Volcano sublocality (Cretaceous of Mongolia)

Also known as Shabarakh Usu, Bayn Dzak

Where: Omngov, Mongolia (44.0° N, 104.0° E: paleocoordinates 41.7° N, 93.2° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Djadokhta Formation, Campanian (83.6 - 72.1 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: eolian; red sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected in 1995

Collection methods: mechanical,

Primary reference: M. A. Norell and P. J. Makovicky. 1999. Important features of the dromaeosaur skeleton II: information from newly collected specimens of Velociraptor mongoliensis. American Museum Novitates 3282:1-45 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 62928: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 01.08.2006

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Theropoda - Dromaeosauridae
Velociraptor mongoliensis Osborn 1924 maniraptoran
IGM 100/982