Altan Ula II [SMPE] (PIN coll. 553): Maastrichtian, Mongolia
collected by SMPE 1948–1949

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Tyrannosauridae
Gorgosaurus lancinator n. sp. Maleev 1955
1 individual
synonym of Tarbosaurus bataar
PIN 553-3/1
Reptilia - Oviraptoridae
Oviraptor mongoliensis n. sp. Barsbold 1986
Currie 2000 1 individual
recombined as Rinchenia mongoliensis
IGM 100/32
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Discoglossidae
Altanulia alifanovi n. gen., n. sp. Gubin 1993
Shishkin 2000 1 individual
PIN 553/300
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
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Associated major elements:some
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:mechanical,peel or thin section,survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:PIN
Collectors:SMPE Collection dates:1948–1949
Metadata
Also known as:Soviet-Mongolian Paleontological Expedition
Database number:73437
Authorizer:M. Carrano Enterer:M. Carrano
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2007-06-15 08:29:30 Last modified:2016-06-23 14:16:41
Access level:the public Released:2007-06-15 08:29:30
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

34612.ETE E. A. Maleev. 1955. [New carnivorous dinosaurs from the Upper Cretaceous of Mongolia]. Doklady Akademii Nauk USSR 104(5):779-783 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]

Secondary references:

18347ETE P. J. Currie. 2000. Theropods 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 434-455 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
24646ETE S. V. Saveliev and V. R. Alifanov. 2007. A new study of the brain of the predatory dinosaur Tarbosaurus bataar (Theropoda, Tyrannosauridae). Paleontological Journal 41(3):281-289 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
69215 M. A. Shishkin. 2000. Mesozoic amphibians from Mongolia and the Central Asiatic republics. In M. J. Benton, M. A. Shishkin, D. M. Unwin, & E N. Kurichkin (eds.), The Age of Dinosaurs in Russia and Mongolia 297-308 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]