Nemegt, Western Sayr, site 12 [PMPE]: Maastrichtian, Mongolia
collected by Malecki & PMPE 1965, 1970, 2008

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Tyrannosauridae
Tarbosaurus bataar (Maleev 1955)
1 individual
ZPal MgD-I/4; L hind limb and partial pelvic girdle and partial skull
see common names

Geography
Country:Mongolia State/province:Omnogov
Coordinates: 43.5° North, 101.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:41.2° North, 90.0° East
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Altitude:1500 meters
Geographic resolution:small collection
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
Stratigraphy comments: upper part of formation (= Upper Nemegt beds here)
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:yellow silty sandstone
Lithology description: "upper sandstone with silt intercalations"
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Articulated whole bodies:none
Associated major elements:all
Fragmentation:occasional
Temporal resolution:snapshot
Spatial resolution:parautochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:selective quarrying,mechanical,field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Collectors:Malecki & PMPE Collection dates:1965, 1970, 2008
Metadata
Also known as:Polish-Mongolian Palaeontological Expedition, Nem012
Database number:38023
Authorizer:M. Carrano Enterer:M. Carrano
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2004-03-31 13:33:32 Last modified:2023-09-26 13:28:55
Access level:the public Released:2004-03-31 13:33:32
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

9900. R. Gradzinski, J. Kazmierczak, and J. Lefeld. 1968. Geographical and geological data from the Polish-Mongolian Palaeontological Expeditions. Palaeontologia Polonica 198:33-82 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]

Secondary references:

59835 P. J. Currie. 2016. Dinosaurs of the Gobi: Following in the footsteps of the Polish-Mongolian Expeditions. Palaeontologia Polonica 67:83-100 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
59884 R. Gradzinski. 1969. Sedimentation of dinosaur-bearing Upper Cretaceous deposits of the Nemegt Basin, Gobi Desert. Palaeontologia Polonica 21:147-229 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
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]
15110ETE J. H. Hurum and K. L. Sabath. 2003. Giant theropod dinosaurs from Asia and North America: skulls of Tarbosaurus bataar and Tyrannosaurus rex compared. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 48(2):161-190 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
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]