Gilvent Wash, Ukhaa Tolgod (Cretaceous of Mongolia)

Where: Omnogov, Mongolia (43.7° N, 100.9° E: paleocoordinates 40.8° N, 90.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: eolian; lithified, concretionary, red sandstone

• "a well-cenemted sandstone concretion"

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: concretion

Reposited in the AMNH

Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,

Primary reference: K. Gao and M. A. Norell. 2000. Taxonomic composition and systematics of Late Cretaceous lizard assemblages from Ukhaa Tolgod and adjacent localities, Mongolian Gobi Desert. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 249:1-118 [J. Alroy/E. Leckey/R. Benson]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 68524: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 25.01.2007

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Squamata -
Scincomorpha indet. squamates
IGM 3/54, new genus and species