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
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Tarbosaurus bataar
(Maleev 1955)
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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] | |
15110 | ETE | 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] |