Burkhant [HMNS-GIN]: Cenomanian - Santonian, Mongolia
collected by HMNS-GIN 1993-1996, 2008

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Mollusca indet. (Linnaeus 1758)
Reptilia
Dinosauria indet. (Owen 1842)
Tsubamoto et al. 2010
fragmentary bones and teeth
Reptilia - Theropoda
Theropoda indet. (Marsh 1881)
isolated bones of a theropod: digits, small femur (940620 BK TSGT), ilium (950806 BK PJ-1)
Reptilia - Theropoda - Dromaeosauridae
Dromaeosauridae indet. Colbert and Russell 1969
1 specimen
claw
Reptilia
Sauropoda indet. (Marsh 1878)
2 individuals
partial bones of the skull and neck of a sauropod. The partially articulated pelvic part of sauropod was discovered; 950806 BK PJ-2, 960811 BK BX-1
Reptilia - Pterosauria
Pterosauria indet. (Kaup 1834)
Matsumoto et al. 2010 1 specimen
950806 BK SZK
Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae
Watabe and Suzuki 2000 3 specimens
two shells of Trionyx; 940620 BK NAR, 960810 BK OTG/PJ-1-5
    = Trionychidae indet. Gray 1825
Watabe and Suzuki 2000
carapace, plastron and several postcranials
Reptilia - Testudines - Adocidae
Testudinata indet. (Oppel 1811)
2 specimens
    = Adocidae indet. Cope 1869
Suzuki and Narmandakh 2004
incl. anterior half of a plastron
    = Adocus sp. Cope 1868
Danilov et al. 2011
see common names

Geography
Country:Mongolia State/province:Dornogov
Coordinates: 44.3° North, 109.9° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:46.6° North, 100.0° East
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Altitude:721 meters
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Cretaceous Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Cenomanian - Santonian 10 m.y. bin: Cretaceous 5 - Cretaceous 6
Key time interval: Cenomanian - Santonian
Age range of interval: 100.5 - 83.6 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Baynshire
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Baynshire Suite = Bayn Shire = Baynshiree. Cenomanian to Santonian date is based upon palaeomagnetic analyses (see Watabe et al. 2009)
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:red mudstone
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:fluvial indet.
Geology comments: "fluvial sediments...meandering river"
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Degree of concentration:dispersed
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Fragmentation:occasional
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:selective quarrying,surface (float),surface (in situ),field collection
Rock censused:10000 cm2 (area)
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Collectors:HMNS-GIN Collection dates:1993-1996, 2008
Collection method comments: HMNS-Hayashibara Museum of Natural Sciences
Metadata
Also known as:BK
Database number:127662
Authorizer:R. Benson, P. Mannion, M. Carrano Enterer:R. Benson, M. Carrano, P. Mannion
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2012-05-21 21:11:24 Last modified:2015-04-17 16:46:06
Access level:the public Released:2012-05-21 21:11:24
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
42289. M. Watabe and S. Suzuki. 2000. Report on the Japan–Mongolia Joint Paleontological Expedition to the Gobi desert, 1993. Hayashibara Museum of Natural Sciences Research Bulletin 1:17-29 [R. Benson/R. Benson/M. Carrano]

Secondary references:

37404ETE I. G. Danilov, V. B. Sukhanov, and E. V. Syromyatnikova. 2011. New Asiatic materials on turtles of the family Adocidae with a review of the adocid record in Asia. Proceedings of the Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences 315(2):101-132 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/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]
41670 S. Suzuki and P. Narmandakh. 2004. Change of the Cretaceous turtle faunas in Mongolia. Hayashibara Museum of Natural Sciences Research Bulletin 2:7-14 [R. Benson/R. Benson]
42292 S. Suzuki and M. Watabe. 2000. Report on the Japan-Mongolia Joint Paleontological Expedition to the Gobi desert, 1995. Hayashibara Museum of Natural Sciences Research Bulletin 1:45-57 [R. Benson/R. Benson/M. Carrano]
53793 T. Tsubamoto, M. Saneyoshi, K. Tsogtbaatar, T. Chinzorig, P. Khatanbaatar, B. Mainbayar, and S. Suzuki. 2010. Report of the HMNS-MPC Joint Paleontological Expedition in 2008. Hayashibara Museum of Natural Sciences Research Bulletin 3:29-39 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
53760 M. Watabe and S. Suzuki. 2000. Report on the Japan–Mongolia Joint Paleontological Expedition to the Gobi desert, 1996. Hayashibara Museum of Natural Sciences Research Bulletin 1:58-68 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
42154 M. Watabe and S. Suzuki. 2000. Cretaceous fossil localities and a list of fossils collected by the Hayashibara Museum of Natural Sciences and Mongolian Paleontological Center Joint Paleontological Expedition (JMJPE) from 1993 through 1998. Hayashibara Museum of Natural Sciences Research Bulletin 1:99-108 [R. Benson/R. Benson]
42291 W. Watabe and S. Suzuki. 2000. Report on the Japan–Mongolia Joint Paleontological Expedition to the Gobi desert, 1994. Hayashibara Museum of Natural Sciences Research Bulletin 1:30-44 [R. Benson/R. Benson/M. Carrano]