Dariv, Gurvan Eren (400 m) (Jurassic of Mongolia)

Where: Govi-Altay, Mongolia (46.4° N, 94.1° E: paleocoordinates 48.4° N, 95.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Dariv Formation, Late/Upper Jurassic (161.5 - 145.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; gray, green, calcareous sandstone and mudstone

• carbonate layer with caliches developed, a sandstone-dominant (gray to greenish gray) alternation with some mudstones

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by HMNS/MPC JPE) in 2002

Primary reference: M. Watabe, K. Tsogtbaatar, T. Tsuihiji and R. Barsbold. 2003. The first discovery of diverse Jurassic dinosaur faunas in Mongolia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 23(3, suppl.):108A [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 69912: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 09.03.2007

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Reptilia
 Theropoda -
Theropoda indet.
Theropoda indet. theropod
MPC-D-107/5