Bugin Tsav II [HMNS-GIN]: Maastrichtian, Mongolia
collected by HMNS-GIN 1993-1994, 1998, 2006

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Osteichthyes indet. (Huxley 1880)
Watabe and Suzuki 2000
'fish'
Reptilia - Ornithomimidae
? Gallimimus sp. Osmólska et al. 1972
Tsogtbaatar and Chinzorig 2010 1 individual
060817 BgT-II Ornitho. BD
Reptilia
Oviraptorosauria indet. Barsbold 1976
Watabe et al. 2010 1 specimen
060811 BgT-II KHTB
Reptilia - Tyrannosauridae
Tarbosaurus sp. Maleev 1955
3 individuals
Tarbosaurus skeleton (1993); a badly preserved skull (1994); 060817 BgT-II Tarbo. MB.
Reptilia
Sauropoda indet. (Marsh 1878)
sauropod claw; 060823 BgT-II BD
Pachycephalosauria indet. (Maryańska and Osmólska 1974)
1 individual
pachychephalosaur skull
Reptilia - Hadrosauridae
Hadrosauridae indet. Cope 1869
Watabe and Suzuki 2000
hadrosaur bone fragments
Reptilia
Crocodylia indet. (Owen 1842)
2 individuals
crocodile skeleton (1993 expedition; 930916 BgT-II), and scute (1994)
Testudinata indet. (Oppel 1811)
Suzuki and Narmandakh 2004
well-preserved turtle remains
Mongolochelys sp. Khosatzky 1997
1 specimen
Mongolochelys skeleton with skull, and additional 'rich' fossils reported from the 1994 expedition; field no. 980803 BgT-II SZK
    = Mongolochelys efremovi Khosatzky 1997
Suzuki and Tsogtbaatar 2010
MPC 25/105: skull, lower jaws, c1s; 1993; Bugin Tsav II; HMNS 96-12-81; MPC 25/135: carapace and plastron, 5th to 8th cervicals, 3 sacrals with ribs, 4 caudals, pectoral girdle, humerus, right radius, ulna and manus, pelvis, femur, tibia, fibula and left pes; 1998; Bugin Tsav II; HMNS 98-16-18 MPC 25/136: right scapula; 2006; Gurilin Tsav; HMNS 98-16-20 MPC 25/137: braincase, carapace fragments, distal end of humerus, proximal end of femur; 2006; Bugin Tsav II; HMNS 2006-04-482 MPC 25/138: 7th cervical, left distal end of humerus and femur; 2006; Bugin Tsav II; HMNS 2006-04-484 MPC 25/139: 2 sacral and 3 caudal vertebrae, shell fragments; 2006; Bugin Tsav II; HMNS 2006-04-486
Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionychidae indet. (Gray 1825)
Danilov et al. 2014
Trionyx (3 individuals in 1993), and additional 'rich' fossils reported from the 1994 expedition
Gobiapalone breviplastra Danilov et al. 2014
Danilov et al. 2014
recombined as Kuhnemys breviplastra
Partial carapace, in prep.; shell remains
Reptilia - Testudines - Lindholmemydidae
1 specimen
930916-2 BgT-II T-2
see common names

Geography
Country:Mongolia State/province:Omnogov
Coordinates: 43.8° North, 100.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:41.4° North, 89.0° East
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Altitude:862 meters
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stage:Maastrichtian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 8
Key time interval:Maastrichtian
Age range of interval:72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Nemegt
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:current ripples sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:fluvial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Disassociated major elements:some
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:selective quarrying,surface (in situ),mechanical,field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Collectors:HMNS-GIN Collection dates:1993-1994, 1998, 2006
Collection method comments: HMNS-Hayashibara Museum of Natural Sciences
Metadata
Also known as:southern outcrops of Bugin Tsav
Database number:127679
Authorizer:R. Benson, P. Mannion, M. Carrano Enterer:R. Benson, J. Tennant, M. Carrano
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2012-05-22 00:46:52 Last modified:2022-07-29 13:10:09
Access level:the public Released:2012-05-22 00:46:52
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

42289. M. Watabe and S. Suzuki. 2000. Report on the Japan–Mongolia Joint Paleontological Expedition to the Gobi desert, 1993. Hayashibara Museum of Natural Sciences Research Bulletin 1:17-29 [R. Benson/R. Benson/M. Carrano]

Secondary references:

50209 I. G. Danilov, R. Hirayama, V. B. Sukhanov, S. Suzuki, M. Watabe and N. S. Vitek. 2014. Cretaceous soft-shelled turtles (Trionychidae) of Mongolia: new diversity, records, and a revision. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 12(7):799-832 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant/P. Mannion]
82301 Y. Matsumoto, R. Hashimoto, and T. Sonoda. 2000. Report of preparation works for Mongolian specimens in HMNS from March 1994 to December 1998. Hayashibara Museum of Natural Sciences Research Bulletin 1:113-127 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
41670 S. Suzuki and P. Narmandakh. 2004. Change of the Cretaceous turtle faunas in Mongolia. Hayashibara Museum of Natural Sciences Research Bulletin 2:7-14 [R. Benson/R. Benson]
44038 S. Suzuki and C. Tsogtbaatar. 2010. A catalog of Mongolochelys collected by the HMNS-MPC Joint Paleontological Expedition. Hayashibara Museum of Natural Sciences Research Bulletin 3:119-131 [R. Benson/R. Benson]
42293 S. Suzuki and M. Watabe. 2000. Report on the Japan–Mongolia Joint Paleontological Expedition to the Gobi desert, 1998. Hayashibara Museum of Natural Sciences Research Bulletin 1:83-98 [R. Benson/R. Benson/M. Carrano]
80151 K. Tsogtbaatar and T. Chinzorig. 2010. Fossil specimens prepared in Mongolian Paleontological Center: 2002–2008. Hayashibara Museum of Natural Sciences Research Bulletin 3:155-166 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
42154 M. Watabe and S. Suzuki. 2000. Cretaceous fossil localities and a list of fossils collected by the Hayashibara Museum of Natural Sciences and Mongolian Paleontological Center Joint Paleontological Expedition (JMJPE) from 1993 through 1998. Hayashibara Museum of Natural Sciences Research Bulletin 1:99-108 [R. Benson/R. Benson]
55060 M. Watabe, S. Suzuki, K. Tsogtbaatar, T. Tsubamoto, and M. Saneyoshi. 2010. Report of the HMNS-MPC Joint Paleontological Expedition in 2006. Hayashibara Museum of Natural Sciences Research Bulletin 3:11-18 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
55298 M. Watabe, K. Tsogtbaatar, S. Suzuki and M. Saneyoshi. 2010. Geology of dinosaur-fossil-bearing localities (Jurassic and Cretaceous: Mesozoic) in the Gobi Desert: Results of the HMNS-MPC Joint Paleontological Expedition. Hayashibara Museum of Natural Sciences Research Bulletin 3:41-118 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
42291 W. Watabe and S. Suzuki. 2000. Report on the Japan–Mongolia Joint Paleontological Expedition to the Gobi desert, 1994. Hayashibara Museum of Natural Sciences Research Bulletin 1:30-44 [R. Benson/R. Benson/M. Carrano]