Shine Us Khuduk I [HMNS-GIN]: Cenomanian - Santonian, Mongolia
collected by HMNS-GIN 1993

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
Crocodylia indet. (Owen 1842)
Watabe and Suzuki 2000
teeth
Dinosauria indet. (Owen 1842)
eggshells
Reptilia - Theropoda
Theropoda indet. (Marsh 1881)
Watabe and Suzuki 2000
femur, vertebrae, claw
Reptilia
Hadrosauroidea indet. (Huene 1954)
Watabe and Suzuki 2000
femur, vertebrae, digits
see common names

Geography
Country:Mongolia State/province:Dornogov
Coordinates: 44.3° North, 109.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:46.5° North, 99.4° East
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Altitude:835 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
Age estimate: 95.9 ± 6 to 89.6 ± 4 Ma (U/Pb)
Stratigraphy
Formation:Baynshire
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Stratigraphy comments: Bayn Shire Fm = Baynshiree Fm

Kurumada et al. 2020: Two meaningful calcite U–Pb ages were obtained; 95.9 ± 6.0 and 89.6 ± 4.0 Ma, which are consistent with published ages from the Bayn Shire Formation.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Fragmentation:occasional
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:selective quarrying,surface (in situ),field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Collectors:HMNS-GIN Collection dates:1993
Collection method comments: HMNS-Hayashibara Museum of Natural Sciences
Metadata
Also known as:Shine Us Khudag, SUK-1
Database number:127665
Authorizer:R. Benson, M. Carrano Enterer:R. Benson, M. Carrano
Modifier:G. Varnham Research group:vertebrate
Created:2012-05-21 21:19:53 Last modified:2022-01-25 07:06:23
Access level:the public Released:2012-05-21 21:19:53
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

76473. Y. Ariunchimeg. 1997. Results of studies of dinosaur eggs. Abstract of Report Meeting, Mongolia-Japan Joint Paleontological Expedition 13 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]

Secondary references:

79239 Y. Kurumada, S. Aoki, K. Aoki, D. Kato, M. Saneyoshi, K. Tsogtbaatar, B. F. Windley and S. Ishigaki. 2020. Calcite U–Pb age of the Cretaceous vertebrate-bearing Bayn Shire Formation in the Eastern Gobi Desert of Mongolia: Usefulness of caliche for age determination. Terra Nova 32:246-252 [P. Mannion/G. Varnham/G. Varnham]
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]
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]
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]