Bugin Tsav [SMPE] (Cretaceous of Mongolia)

Where: Omnogov, Mongolia (43.5° N, 99.6° E: paleocoordinates 41.0° N, 88.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Nemegt Formation, Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; red sandstone

• "variegated, predominantly red sandstones"

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by B. Namsarai in 1987

Collection methods: mechanical,

Primary reference: A. Perle, M. A. Norell, L. M. Chiappe and J. M. Clark. 1993. Flightless bird from the Cretaceous of Mongolia. Nature 362:623-626 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 69801: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 07.03.2007

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Testudines -
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines Batsch 1788 turtle
 Theropoda - Tyrannosauridae
Tarbosaurus bataar Maleev 1955 tyrannosaurid
 Theropoda - Alvarezsauridae
"Mononychus olecranus n. gen. n. sp." = Mononykus olecranus
"Mononychus olecranus n. gen. n. sp." = Mononykus olecranus Perle et al. 1993 coelurosaur
MGI 107/6