Ulan Malgait Mtn. (Shar Teg Fm., "labyrinthodont" layer) [SMPE]: Late/Upper Jurassic, Mongolia
collected by SMPE 1984, 1987, 1989
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Dipnoi
- Ceratodontidae
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Ceratodus sharategensis n. sp.
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Docodonta
- Tegotheriidae
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Tegotherium gubini n. gen., n. sp.
Tartarinov 1994
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Xinjiangchelyidae
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aff. Xinjiangchelyidae indet.
Nessov 1990
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| "close to Xinjiangchelys latimarginalis...and 'Plesiochelys' latimarginalis" | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
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Theropoda indet.
(Marsh 1881)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Brachyopidae
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Gobiops desertus n. gen., n. sp.
Shishkin 1991
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Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet.
Cuvier 1795
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Ostracoda
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Ostracoda indet.
Latreille 1802
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unclassified
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Charophyta indet.
Migula 1890
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Geography
| Country: | Mongolia | State/province: | Govi-Altay |
| Coordinates: | 44.1° North, 95.8° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 46.5° North, 98.3° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Late/Upper Jurassic |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 5-6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Jurassic | ||
| Age range of interval: | 161.50000 - 145.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | green,yellow sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: "Numerous remains of ostracods, gastropods and charophytes were found in green and yellow sandstones on that stratigraphic level...also there in a separate interbed were found the remains of turtles, labyrinthodonts, a theropod tooth and a mammalian tooth." | |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils,microfossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (float),surface (in situ),field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis | ||
| Museum repositories: | PIN | ||
| Collectors: | SMPE | Collection dates: | 1984, 1987, 1989 |
| Collection method comments: orig. discovered by V. Y. Reshetov in 1984. | |||
Metadata
| Also known as: | Shar Teeg, Shar-Teg, Shar Teg | ||
| Database number: | 179192 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2016-06-03 10:55:06 | Last modified: | 2019-06-19 10:19:41 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2016-06-03 10:55:06 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 59306. | Y. M. Gubin and S. M. Sinitza. 1996. Shar Teg: a unique Mesozoic locality of Asia. In M. Morales (ed.), The Continental Jurassic. Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin 60:311-318 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 14365 | Z. Kielan-Jaworowska, R. L. Cifelli, and Z.-X. Luo. 2004. Mammals from the age of dinosaurs: Origins, evolution, and structure. Columbia University Press, New York 1-630 [R. Whatley/R. Whatley/R. Whatley] | |
| 69215 | M. A. Shishkin. 2000. Mesozoic amphibians from Mongolia and the Central Asiatic republics. In M. J. Benton, M. A. Shishkin, D. M. Unwin, & E N. Kurichkin (eds.), The Age of Dinosaurs in Russia and Mongolia 297-308 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |