Altan Ula IV, site 9 [PMPE]: Maastrichtian, Mongolia
collected by PMPE 1964

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Tyrannosauridae
Tyrannosauridae indet. Osborn 1906
Kielan-Jaworowska 1966 1 individual
    = Tarbosaurus sp. Maleev 1955
Gradzinski et al. 1968
"incomplete mandible"
    = Tarbosaurus bataar Maleev 1955
Currie 2016
ZPal MgD-I/031
see common names

Geography
Country:Mongolia State/province:Omnogov
Coordinates: 43.6° North, 100.5° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:41.2° North, 89.5° East
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
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: low in section
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Associated major elements:some
Fragmentation:occasional
Temporal resolution:snapshot
Spatial resolution:parautochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:selective quarrying,surface (in situ),mechanical,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collectors:PMPE Collection dates:1964
Metadata
Also known as:Polish-Mongolian Palaeontological Expedition, AU4009
Database number:38702
Authorizer:M. Carrano Enterer:M. Carrano
Modifier:P. Mannion Research group:vertebrate
Created:2004-04-29 11:20:56 Last modified:2020-09-01 08:11:11
Access level:the public Released:2004-04-29 11:20:56
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]
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]
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]