Altan Ula III [SMPE] (PIN coll. 4231): Maastrichtian, Mongolia
collected by SMPE
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Ovaloolithidae
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Ovaloolithidae indet.
Mikhailov 1991
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| O2 group; PIN 4231/1, egg | ||||||||||
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= Ovaloolithus dinornithoides n. sp.
Mikhaillov 1994
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Mikhailov 2000 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Trionychidae
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Trionychidae indet.
(Gray 1825)
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Danilov et al. 2014 | |||||||||
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Trionyx gobiensis
Danilov et al. 2014
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Danilov et al. 2014 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| shell fragment | ||||||||||
| 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: | estimated from map | ||
| 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 |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Secondary lithology: | sandstone |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Degree of concentration: | dispersed |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Disassociated major elements: | all |
| Fragmentation: | none |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | PIN |
| Collectors: | SMPE |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Soviet-Mongolian Paleontological Expedition | ||
| Database number: | 65345 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano, P. Mannion | Enterer: | M. Carrano, J. Tennant |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2006-09-21 08:10:34 | Last modified: | 2016-06-23 14:23:39 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-09-21 08:10:34 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 27284. | ETE | K. E. Mikhailov. 1991. Classification of fossil eggshells of amniotic vertebrates. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 36(2):193-238 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 14221 | ETE | K. Carpenter and K. Alf. 1994. Global distribution of dinosaur eggs, nests, and babies. In K. Carpenter, K. F. Hirsch, and J. R. Horner (eds.), Dinosaur Eggs and Babies, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 13-30 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 50209 | I. G. Danilov, R. Hirayama, V. B. Sukhanov, S. Suzuki, M. Watabe and N. S. Vitek. 2014. Cretaceous soft-shelled turtles (Trionychidae) of Mongolia: new diversity, records, and a revision. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 12(7):799-832 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant/P. Mannion] | |
| 14217 | ETE | K. Mikhailov, K. Sabath, and S. Kurzanov. 1994. Eggs and nests from the Cretaceous of Mongolia. In K. Carpenter, K. F. Hirsch, and J. R. Horner (eds.), Dinosaur Eggs and Babies, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 88-115 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 18353 | ETE | K. E. Mikhailov. 2000. Eggs and eggshells of dinosaurs and birds from the Cretaceous of Mongolia. In M. J. Benton, M. A. Shishkin, D. M. Unwin, & E N. Kurichkin (eds.), The Age of Dinosaurs in Russia and Mongolia 560-572 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |