Altan Ula IV, site 6 [PMPE]: Maastrichtian, Mongolia
collected by PMPE 1964-1965
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Tyrannosauridae
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Deinodontidae indet.
(Brown 1914)
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2 individuals | |||||||||
| "two incomplete skulls" | ||||||||||
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= Tarbosaurus sp.
Maleev 1955
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Gradzinski et al. 1968 | |||||||||
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= Tarbosaurus bataar
Maleev 1955
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Hurum and Sabath 2003 | |||||||||
| ZPal MgD-I/67, 44, 45,34 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Mongolia | State/province: | Omnogov |
| Coordinates: | 43.6° North, 100.4° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 41.2° North, 89.5° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||
| Altitude: | 1635 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
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | conglomerate |
| Secondary lithology: | sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | variable |
| Articulated whole bodies: | some |
| Associated major elements: | some |
| Fragmentation: | frequent |
| Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,surface (in situ),mechanical,field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis | ||
| Collectors: | PMPE | Collection dates: | 1964-1965 |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Polish-Mongolian Palaeontological Expedition, AU4006 | ||
| Database number: | 38024 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | P. Mannion | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2004-03-31 13:36:58 | Last modified: | 2020-09-01 08:13:48 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-03-31 13:36:58 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 9901. | Z. Kielan-Jaworowska and K. Kowalski. 1965. Polish-Mongolian Palaeontological Expeditions to the Gobi Desert in 1963 and 1964. Bulletin de l'Académie Polonaise des Sciences, Cl. II 13(3):175-179 [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] | |
| 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] | |
| 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] |
| 9902 | Z. Kielan-Jaworowska. 1966. Third (1965) Polish-Mongolian Palaeontological Expedition to the Gobi Desert and western Mongolia. Bulletin de l'Académie Polonaise des Sciences, Cl. II 14(4):249-252 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |