southern and eastern Nemegt Basin: Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian, Mongolia
collected by PMPE 1965, 1970–1971

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Lacertilia
Lacertilia indet. Owen 1842
80 specimens
Reptilia - Protoceratopsidae
Dinosauria indet. Owen 1842
eggs; ZPAL MgOv-I/27a, b, 2
    = Protoceratopsidae indet. Granger and Gregory 1923
Sabath 1991
Protoceratops sp. Granger and Gregory 1923
Kielan-Jaworowska and Barsbold 1972
Reptilia - Ankylosauridae
Ankylosauridae indet. Brown 1908
Kielan-Jaworowska and Barsbold 1972 1 individual
Reptilia - Testudines - Lindholmemydidae
Mongolemys elegans Khosatzky and Mlynarski 1971
Khosatzky and Mlynarski 1971
Mammalia - Zalambdalestidae
Barunlestes butleri Kielan-Jaworowska 1975
Kielan-Jaworowska and Trofimov 1980 1 specimen
ZPAL MgM-I/35 (right mandible)
    = Zofialestes longidens n. gen., n. sp. Fostowicz-Frelik 2016
Fostowicz-Frelik 2016
ZPAL MgM-I/135 - holotype
Mammalia - Deltatheroida - Deltatheridiidae
Insectivora indet. Bowdich 1821
Kielan-Jaworowska and Barsbold 1972 2 specimens
    = Deltatheridium pretrituberculare Gregory and Simpson 1926
Kielan-Jaworowska 1978
Mammalia - Multituberculata
Multituberculata indet. Cope 1884
Kielan-Jaworowska and Barsbold 1972
    = Nemegtbaatar gobiensis Kielan-Jaworowska 1974
Kielan-Jaworowska 1974
Chulsanbaatar vulgaris Kielan-Jaworowska 1974
Kielan-Jaworowska 1974
Myriapoda - Spirobolida
Diplopoda indet. Gervais 1844
Kielan-Jaworowska and Barsbold 1972 1 specimen
    = Gobiulus sp. Dzik 1975
Dzik 1975
ZPAL MgMyr/4
see common names

Geography
Country:Mongolia State/province:Omnogov
Coordinates: 43.5° North, 101.1° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:40.7° North, 90.5° East
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Altitude:1475 meters
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stage:Campanian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 7
Key time interval:Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian
Age range of interval:83.60000 - 72.10000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Baruungoyot
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Stratigraphy comments: Lower Nemegt Beds = Barun Goyot Fm.; the "barren series" ("nemaya tolshcha")
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:fine,red poorly lithified sandstone
Secondary lithology:brown,red sandy mudstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: "fine-grained poorly cemented sandstones with rare intercalations of sandy mudstones. The sandstones usually have a brick-red colour, while the mudstones are of a somewhat darker reddish-brown colour."
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Articulated whole bodies:some
Associated major elements:some
Disassociated major elements:some
Disassociated minor elements:many
Fragmentation:occasional
Spatial resolution:parautochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:selective quarrying,surface (float),surface (in situ),mechanical,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collectors:PMPE Collection dates:1965, 1970–1971
Metadata
Also known as:Polish-Mongolian Palaeontological Expedition, Nemegtu
Database number:37022
Authorizer:M. Carrano, P. Mannion, R. Benson Enterer:M. Carrano, P. Mannion, R. Benson
Modifier:P. Mannion Research group:vertebrate
Created:2004-02-23 11:34:13 Last modified:2021-03-18 14:06:19
Access level:the public Released:2004-02-23 11:34:13
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
10137. Z. Kielan-Jaworowska and N. Dovchin. 1968. Narrative of the Polish-Mongolian Palaeontological Expeditions 1963-1965. Palaeontologia Polonica 19:7-29 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]

Secondary references:

10458 J. Dzik. 1975. Spiroboloid millipeds from the Late Cretaceous of the Gobi Desert, Mongolia. Palaeontologia Polonica 33:17-23 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Clapham]
65867 L. Fostowicz-Frelik. 2016. A new zalambdalestid (Eutheria) from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia and its implications for the origin of Glires. Palaeontologia Polonica 67:127-136 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
10453 R. Gradzinski and T. Jerzykiewicz. 1972. Additional geographical and geological data from the Polish-Mongolian Palaeontological Expeditions. Palaeontologia Polonica 27:17-306 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
10450 L. I. Khosatzky and M. Mlynarski. 1971. Chelonians from the Upper Cretaceous of the Gobi Desert, Mongolia. Palaeontologia Polonica 25:131-144 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/E. Vlachos]
77615% 37520Z. Kielan-Jaworowska. 1974. Multituberculate succession in the Late Cretaceous of the Gobi Desert (Mongolia). Palaeontologia Polonica 30:23-44 [J. Alroy/E. Leckey/E. Leckey]
9899 Z. Kielan-Jaworowska and R. Barsbold. 1972. Narrative of the Polish-Mongolian Palaeontological Expeditions 1967-1971. Palaeontologia Polonica 27:5-136 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
39263 Z. Kielan-Jaworowska and B. A. Trofimov. 1980. Cranial morphology of the Cretaceous eutherian mammal Barunlestes. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 25(2):167-185 [R. Benson/R. Benson]
10452 M. Mlynarski. 1972. Zangerlia testudinimorpha n. gen., n. sp., a primitive land tortoise from the Upper Cretaceous of Mongolia. Palaeontologia Polonica 27:85-92 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/E. Vlachos]
41004 K. Sabath. 1991. Upper Cretaceous amniotic eggs from the Gobi Desert. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 36(2):151-192 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]