Therizinosaurus type, Nemegt (PROXY) (Cretaceous of Mongolia)

Where: Omnogov, Mongolia (43.5° N, 101.3° E: paleocoordinates 41.2° N, 90.3° 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; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by SMPE in 1948

• Mongolian Paleontological Expedition of the USSR Academy of Sciences

Primary reference: E. A. Maleev. 1954. Noviy cherepachoobrazhniy yashcher v Mongolii [New tortoise-like saurian from Mongolia]. Priroda 1954(3):106-108 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 88554: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 14.04.2009

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Theropoda - Therizinosauridae
Therizinosaurus cheloniformis n. gen. n. sp. Maleev 1954 coelurosaur
PIN 551/483