Altan Ula III [HMNS-GIN]: Maastrichtian, Mongolia
collected by HMNS-GIN 1993, 1997, 2006
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Mollusca indet.
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Watabe and Suzuki 2000 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
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Trionychidae indet.
Gray 1825
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Suzuki and Narmandakh 2004 | |||||||||
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= Testudinata indet.
Oppel 1811
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Watabe and Suzuki 2000 | |||||||||
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Mongolochelys sp.
Khosatzky 1997
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Suzuki and Narmandakh 2004 | |||||||||
| shell fragments | ||||||||||
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= Mongolochelys efremovi
Khosatzky 1997
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Suzuki and Tsogtbaatar 2010 | |||||||||
| MPC 25/125: right squamosal, left quadrate ?, shell fragment, 4 or 5 cervical, right proximal of humerus; 1997; Altan Ula III; HMNS 97-21-383 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Lindholmemydidae
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Mongolemys sp.
Khosatzky and Mlynarski 1971
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Watabe and Suzuki 2000 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| shell fragments; 970727 AU-III WTB | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
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Dinosauria indet.
(Owen 1842)
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Watabe and Suzuki 2000 | |||||||||
| Dinosaur eggshells | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Theropoda
- Ornithomimidae
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Gallimimus sp.
Osmólska et al. 1972
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Watabe and Suzuki 2000 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
| some partial skeletons of Gallimimus; 970727 AU-III SND, 970727 AU-III WTB 13:00 | ||||||||||
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unclassified
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Tracheophyta indet.
()
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| "petrified wood" | ||||||||||
| 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: | stated in text | ||
| Altitude: | 1607 meters | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Maastrichtian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 8 |
| Key time interval: | Maastrichtian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 72.1 - 66 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Nemegt |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | fine,gray,blue silty sandstone |
| Secondary lithology: | mudstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: "gray blue silt-fine-grained sandstone beds"; "alternation of sandstone and mudstone layers, with intercalations of conglomerate layers (grain size is granule)." | |
| Environment: | fluvial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Abundance in sediment: | few |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (float),surface (in situ),field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis | ||
| Collectors: | HMNS-GIN | Collection dates: | 1993, 1997, 2006 |
| Collection method comments: HMNS-Hayashibara Museum of Natural Sciences | |||
Metadata
| Database number: | 127673 | ||
| Authorizer: | R. Benson, M. Carrano | Enterer: | R. Benson, M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2012-05-21 22:57:49 | Last modified: | 2015-05-13 15:17:59 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2012-05-21 22:57:49 |
| 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:
| 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] | |
| 44038 | S. Suzuki and C. Tsogtbaatar. 2010. A catalog of Mongolochelys collected by the HMNS-MPC Joint Paleontological Expedition. Hayashibara Museum of Natural Sciences Research Bulletin 3:119-131 [R. Benson/R. Benson] | |
| 53759 | M. Watabe and S. Suzuki. 2000. Report on the Japan–Mongolia Joint Paleontological Expedition to the Gobi desert, 1997. Hayashibara Museum of Natural Sciences Research Bulletin 1:69-82 [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] | |
| 55060 | M. Watabe, S. Suzuki, K. Tsogtbaatar, T. Tsubamoto, and M. Saneyoshi. 2010. Report of the HMNS-MPC Joint Paleontological Expedition in 2006. Hayashibara Museum of Natural Sciences Research Bulletin 3:11-18 [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] |