Khuren-Dukh (PIN coll. 3386) [SMPE]: Middle Albian - Late/Upper Albian, Mongolia
collected by SMPE 1970-1971, 1981

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Osteichthyes
Osteichthyes indet. Huxley 1880
"ganoid" fishes
Reptilia
Champsosauridae indet. Cope 1876
1 individual
    = Tchoiria namsarai n. gen., n. sp. Efimov 1975
Efimov 1975
PIN 3386/1
Tchoiria egloni n. sp. Efimov 1983
Efimov 1983 1 individual
recombined as Irenosaurus egloni
PIN 3386/2 (fragmentary postcranial skeleton)
Khurendukhosaurus orlovi n. gen., n. sp. Sigogneau-Russell and Efimov 1984
Sigogneau-Russell and Efimov 1984 2 individuals
PIN 3386/3 - holotype (partial skeleton); 3386/6
Theropoda indet. (Marsh 1881)
"small carnivorous dinosaurs"
Reptilia - Deinocheiridae
Ornithomimidae indet. Marsh 1890
1 individual
SPS 100/29 (5 measurements)
    = Harpymimus okladnikovi n. gen., n. sp. Barsbold and Perle 1984
Kurzanov 1976
Reptilia
Ankylosauria indet. Osborn 1923
Psittacosaurus sp. Osborn 1923
Iguanodon orientalis Rozhdestvensky 1952
5 individuals
PIN 3386/7 to 9, 3390, 3391
    = Altirhinus kurzanovi n. gen., n. sp. Norman 1998
Kurzanov 1976
Reptilia - Ornithocheiridae
Ornithocheiridae indet. Seeley 1870
Kurzanov 1976 1 individual
MMNH 100/30, rostral end of upper jaw, almost complete lower jaw and most of the postcranial skeleton
Reptilia - Testudines
Hangaiemys hoburensis Sukhanov and Narmandakh 1974
misspelled as 'Changaiemys'
see common names

Geography
Country:Mongolia State/province:Dornogov
Coordinates: 45.8° North, 108.4° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:49.3° North, 100.1° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Altitude:1173 meters
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Early/Lower Cretaceous
Stage:Albian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 4
Key time interval:Middle Albian - Late/Upper Albian
Age range of interval:109.90000 - 100.50000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Khuren Dukh Member:Lower
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: formerly assigned to Shinekhudag = Shinehuduk Fm. Also referred to previously as the Dzun-Bayin or Züünbayan Formation, and the Hühteeg Fm.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: sandstone
Secondary lithology: claystone
Lithology description: "sediments consisting largely of grey and yellow-grey, poorly cemented and poorly sorted sands and clays, with thin gravels at some horizons"
Environment:lacustrine - large Tectonic setting:intermontane basin
Geology comments: "large lake which lay within a shallow intermontane basin"
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Associated major elements:all
Fragmentation:occasional
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (in situ),mechanical,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collectors:SMPE Collection dates:1970-1971, 1981
Metadata
Also known as:Huren-duh, Hüren-Dukh, Soviet-Mongolian Paleontological Expedition, Khuren Dukh
Database number:52007
Authorizer:M. Carrano Enterer:M. Carrano
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2005-07-11 13:16:24 Last modified:2023-08-01 15:13:09
Access level:the public Released:2005-07-11 13:16:24
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
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