Bugin Tsav [AMNH]: Maastrichtian, Mongolia
collected by AMNH 1990
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Hesperornithiformes
- Brodavidae
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Brodavis mongoliensis n. sp.
Martin et al. 2012
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Martin et al. 2012 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Reptilia
- Tyrannosauridae
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Tarbosaurus bataar
(Maleev 1955)
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Reptilia
- Alvarezsauridae
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Mononykus olecranus
(Perle et al. 1993)
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Trionychidae
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Trionychidae indet.
(Gray 1825)
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Danilov et al. 2014 | |||||||||
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Gobiapalone breviplastra
Danilov et al. 2014
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Danilov et al. 2014 | |||||||||
| recombined as Kuhnemys breviplastra | ||||||||||
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Nemegtemys conflata
Danilov et al. 2014
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Danilov et al. 2014 | 1 individual | ||||||||
| MPC 25/161 (HMNS 2006-4-472), lateral fragment of right hypoplastron | ||||||||||
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Amyda menneri
Chkhikvadze 1988
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Danilov and Vitek 2013 | |||||||||
| nomen dubium belonging to Trionychidae | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
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Chelonia indet.
(Latreille 1800)
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| synonym of Testudines | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Mongolia | State/province: | Omnogov |
| Coordinates: | 43.5° North, 99.6° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 41.0° North, 88.7° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Maastrichtian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 8 |
| *Period: | Late/Upper Cretaceous | *Epoch: | Senonian |
| *International age/stage: | Middle Maastrichtian | ||
| Key time interval: | Maastrichtian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Nemegt | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: age based on biostratigraphy; no absolute or correlative dating available for most Late Cretaceous Mongolian beds | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | red sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: variegated, predominately red sandstones | |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
| Geology comments: no information given | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Associated major elements: | all |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some macrofossils | ||
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,mechanical,field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Collectors: | AMNH | Collection dates: | 1990s |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Buguin-Tzav | ||
| Database number: | 13108 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano, P. Mannion, P. Holroyd, M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Carrano, M. Uhen, P. Holroyd, J. Tennant |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2002-01-21 15:39:06 | Last modified: | 2016-05-12 12:31:49 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2002-01-21 15:39:06 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 4373. | 5% 13440 | A. Perle, L. M. Chiappe, R. Barsbold, J. M. Clark, and M. A. Norell. 1994. Skeletal morphology of Mononykus olecranus (Theropoda: Avialae) from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia. American Museum Novitates 3105:1-29 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/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] | |
| 64230 | I. G. Danilov and N. S. Vitek. 2013. Cretaceous Trionychids of Asia: An Expanded Review of Their Record and Biogeography. In D. Brinkman, P. A. Holroyd, J. Gardner (eds.), Morphology and Evolution of Turtles 419-438 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd] | |
| 41320 | L. D. Martin, E. N. Kurochkin, and T. T. Tokaryk. 2012. A new evolutionary lineage of diving birds from the Late Cretaceous of North America and Asia. Palaeoworld 21:59-63 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Carrano] |