Ulan Khushu microsite (Cretaceous of Mongolia)

Also known as Ulan Hushu

Where: Tuva, Mongolia (47.7° N, 104.9° E: paleocoordinates 46.5° N, 93.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; fine-grained, medium, concretionary, intraclastic, argillaceous, calcareous sandstone and sandstone

• "a tabular fine to medium grained muddy sand...The bone-bed is densely calcite-cemented and contains abundant small calcareous nodules and granule-sized rip-up clasts...Mudstones underlie the bone-bed and trough-cross bedded sands occur above."

Size class: mesofossils

Collection methods: surface (float),

Primary reference: D. A. Winkler, Y.-N. Lee, J.-C. and Y. Kobayashi. 2007. Preservation of a vertebrate microfauna at Ulan Khushu, Nemegt Formation (Late Cretaceous), Mongolia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27(3):167A [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 76192: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 15.11.2007, edited by Jonathan Tennant

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Taxonomic list

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Gnathostomata
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Osteichthyes indet.
Reptilia
 Loricata -
Crocodylomorpha indet.
 Dinosauria -
Dinosauria indet.
 Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionychidae indet., "Gobiapalone breviplastra n. sp." = Kuhnemys breviplastra
Trionychidae indet. softshell turtle
"Gobiapalone breviplastra n. sp." = Kuhnemys breviplastra Danilov et al. 2014 softshell turtle