Altan Ula IV [HMNS-GIN]: Maastrichtian, Mongolia
collected by HMNS-GIN 1993, 1997, 2006-2007

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia
Pelecypoda indet. Goldfuss 1820
Reptilia
Trionychidae indet. Gray 1825
Suzuki and Narmandakh 2004
shell fragments
    = Testudinata indet. Oppel 1811
Watabe and Suzuki 2000
Reptilia - Testudines - Lindholmemydidae
Suzuki and Narmandakh 2004
shell fragments
Reptilia
Dinosauria indet. (Owen 1842)
Watabe et al. 2010 1 specimen
060908 AU-IV OTG, nest with eggs
Reptilia - Theropoda
Theropoda indet. (Marsh 1881)
digits, claws
Reptilia - Theropoda - Elongatoolithidae
Elongatoolithidae indet. Zhao 1975
Watabe et al. 2010
Reptilia - Theropoda
? Oviraptorosauria indet. Barsbold 1976
Watabe et al. 2010 1 individual
060908 AU-IV BON
Reptilia - Theropoda - Tyrannosauridae
Tarbosaurus sp. Maleev 1955
Watabe and Suzuki 2000 1 specimen
one partial skeleton of Tarbosaurus
Reptilia - Theropoda - Deinocheiridae
Ornithomimidae indet. Marsh 1890
Watabe and Suzuki 2000 1 individual
    = Deinocheirus mirificus Kielan-Jaworowska 1969
Lee et al. 2014
MPC-D 100/128
Reptilia - Theropoda - Dendroolithidae
Dendroolithidae indet. Zhao and Li 1988
Watabe et al. 2010
Reptilia - Hadrosauridae
Hadrosauridae indet. Cope 1869
digits
Saurolophus angustirostris Rozhdestvensky 1952
Tsogtbaatar and Chinzorig 2007
Reptilia
Ankylosauria indet. (Osborn 1923)
scutes, skull roof
Sauropoda indet. (Marsh 1878)
Watabe et al. 2010 1 specimen
060829 AU-IV TSI
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:1555 meters
Geographic resolution:outcrop
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 Member:Upper
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: sandstone
Secondary lithology: mudstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: "The beds with rich vertebrate fossils are alternation of sandstone and mudstone layers with fluvial origin."
Environment:fluvial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Associated major elements:some
Fragmentation:frequent
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (float),surface (in situ),mechanical,field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Collectors:HMNS-GIN Collection dates:1993, 1997, 2006-2007
Collection method comments: HMNS-Hayashibara Museum of Natural Sciences
Taxonomic list comments:Dinosaur eggshells were also collected. Dinosaur footprints were found.
Metadata
Database number:127674
Authorizer:R. Benson, M. Carrano Enterer:R. Benson, M. Carrano
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2012-05-21 22:59:03 Last modified:2023-09-26 13:21:27
Access level:the public Released:2012-05-21 22:59:03
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:

59835 P. J. Currie. 2016. Dinosaurs of the Gobi: Following in the footsteps of the Polish-Mongolian Expeditions. Palaeontologia Polonica 67:83-100 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
71125 Y.-N. Lee, R. Barsbold, P. J. Currie, Y. Kobayashi, H.-J. Lee, P. Godefroit, F. Escuillié and T. Chinzorig. 2014. Resolving the long-standing enigmas of a giant ornithomimosaur Deinocheirus mirificus. Nature 515(7526):257-260 [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]
80572 K. Tsogtbaatar and T. Chinzorig. 2007. Mongolian hadrosaurids: paleobiogeography, dispersal and environmental relationships. The Korean Journal of Quaternary Research 21(2):49-53 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
80151 K. Tsogtbaatar and T. Chinzorig. 2010. Fossil specimens prepared in Mongolian Paleontological Center: 2002–2008. Hayashibara Museum of Natural Sciences Research Bulletin 3:155-166 [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]
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]
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]