Ukhaa Tolgod (general): Campanian, Mongolia
collected -2015
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Troodontidae
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Almas ukhaa n. gen., n. sp.
Pei et al. 2017
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Pei et al. 2017 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| IGM 100/1323 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Dromaeosauridae
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Halszkaraptor escuilliei n. gen., n. sp.
Cau et al. 2017
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1 individual | |||||||||
| MPC-D102/109 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Mongolia | State/province: | Omnogov |
| Coordinates: | 43.7° North, 100.9° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 40.8° North, 90.4° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Campanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 7 |
| Key time interval: | Campanian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 83.60000 - 72.10000 m.y. ago |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | fine,red poorly lithified sandstone |
| Secondary lithology: | mudstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: "fine-grained, poorly sorted, poorly consolidated, and moderate reddish-orange sandstone" | |
| Environment: | eolian indet. |
| Geology comments: "fluvio-related eolian deposits" | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | excellent |
| Articulated whole bodies: | many |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
| Spatial resolution: | autochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,surface (in situ),mechanical,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | Collection dates: | pre-2015 |
| Collection method comments: poached materials | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 190544 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano, G. Lloyd | Enterer: | M. Carrano, G. Lloyd | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2017-12-11 13:39:55 | Last modified: | 2017-12-11 13:39:55 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2017-12-11 13:39:55 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 64073. | A. Cau, V. Beyrand, D. F. A. E. Voeten, V. Fernandez, P. Tafforeau, K. Stein, R. Barsbold, K. Tsogtbaatar, P. J. Currie and P. Godefroit. 2017. Synchrotron scanning reveals amphibious ecomorphology in a new clade of bird-like dinosaurs. Nature [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 69687 | R. Pei, M. A. Norell, D. E. Barta, G. S. Bever, M. Pittman and X. Xu. 2017. Osteology of a new Late Cretaceous troodontid specimen from Ukhaa Tolgod, Ömnögovi Aimag, Mongolia. American Museum Novitates 3889:1-47 [G. Lloyd/G. Lloyd] |