Bor Ukhaa hills, Shar Teg [HMNS-GIN]: Tithonian, Mongolia
collected by HMNS-GIN 2002

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
Theropoda indet. (Marsh 1881)
Watabe et al. 2004
Sauropoda indet. Marsh 1878
Watabe et al. 2004 1 individual
020718 to 020723-ShT Bor Ukhaa PJ 4 to PJ-16
    = ? Mamenchisaurus sp. Young 1954
Weishampel et al. 2004
Reptilia - Shartegosuchidae
Shartegosuchus asperopalatum Efimov 1988
Dollman et al. 2018
IGM 200/50
Reptilia
Crocodylia indet. (Owen 1842)
Watabe et al. 2004
Testudinata indet. (Oppel 1811)
Watabe et al. 2004
see common names

Geography
Country:Mongolia State/province:Govi-Altay
Coordinates: 44.1° North, 95.8° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:46.1° North, 97.9° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Jurassic Epoch:Late/Upper Jurassic
Stage:Tithonian 10 m.y. bin:Jurassic 6
Key time interval:Tithonian
Age range of interval:149.20000 - 145.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Ulan Malgait
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Dollman et al. (2018) argue that the age of the Ulan Malgait Formation is likely to be Oxfordian based on the shared presence of Shartegosuchus and Nominosuchus with the radiometrically-dated Shishigou Formation at Wucaiwan, China
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:red mudstone
Secondary lithology:lenticular,fine,coarse,blue sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: "bluish fine-coarse sandstone layer (lens) intercalated in red mustone"
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Associated major elements:some
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:selective quarrying,surface (float),surface (in situ),field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Collectors:HMNS-GIN Collection dates:2002
Metadata
Also known as:Shar-Teg, Shar Teeg, HMNS/MPC JPE
Database number:69913
Authorizer:M. Carrano, P. Mannion Enterer:M. Carrano, P. Mannion
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2007-03-09 13:53:59 Last modified:2022-07-29 14:35:28
Access level:the public Released:2007-03-09 13:53:59
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

23465.ETE M. Watabe, K. Tsogtbaatar, T. Tsuihiji and R. Barsbold. 2003. The first discovery of diverse Jurassic dinosaur faunas in Mongolia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 23(3, suppl.):108A [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]

Secondary references:

66009 K. N. Dollman, J. M. Clark, M. A. Norell, X. Xu, and J. M. Choiniere. 2018. Convergent Evolution of a Eusuchian-Type Secondary Palate within Shartegosuchidae. American Museum Novitates 3901:1-23 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
82304 Y. Matsumoto, R. Hashimoto, T. Sonoda, Y. Fujiyama, B. Mifune, Y. Kawahara, and M. Saneyoshi. 2010. Report of the preparation works for Mongolian specimens in Hayashibara Museum of Natural Sciences: 1999–2008. Hayashibara Museum of Natural Sciences Research Bulletin 3:167-185 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
53800 M. Watabe, K. Tsogtbaatar, L. Uranbileg and L. Gereltsetseg. 2004. Report on the Japan-Mongolia Joint Paleontological Expedition to the Gobi desert, 2002. Hayashibara Museum of Natural Sciences Research Bulletin 2:97-122 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
55298 M. Watabe, K. Tsogtbaatar, S. Suzuki and M. Saneyoshi. 2010. Geology of dinosaur-fossil-bearing localities (Jurassic and Cretaceous: Mesozoic) in the Gobi Desert: Results of the HMNS-MPC Joint Paleontological Expedition. Hayashibara Museum of Natural Sciences Research Bulletin 3:41-118 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
25233 M. Watabe, T. Tsubamoto, and K. Tsogtbaatar. 2007. A new tritylodontid synapsid from Mongolia. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 52(2):263-274 [T. Tsubamoto/T. Tsubamoto]
23520ETE D. B. Weishampel, P. M. Barrett, R. A. Coria, J. Le Loeuff, X. Xu, X. Zhao, A. Sahni, E. M. P. Gomani, and C. R. Noto. 2004. Dinosaur distribution. In D. B. Weishampel, H. Osmolska, and P. Dodson (eds.), The Dinosauria (2nd edition). University of California Press, Berkeley 517-606 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]