Shar Tsav [HMNS-GIN]: Maastrichtian, Mongolia
collected by HMNS-GIN 1996
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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Dinosauria indet.
(Owen 1842)
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| Dinosaur eggshells, three kinds | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Lindholmemydidae
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Testudinata indet.
(Oppel 1811)
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1 individual | |||||||||
| 960823 ShT WTB; carapace and plastron | ||||||||||
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= Lindholmemydidae indet.
Chkhikvadze 1970
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Suzuki and Narmandakh 2004 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet.
Cuvier 1795
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| molluscan shells (mainly gastropods) | ||||||||||
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unclassified
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Tracheophyta indet.
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| "silicified woods" | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Mongolia | State/province: | Omnogov |
| Coordinates: | 43.6° North, 107.7° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 42.3° North, 96.3° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||
| Altitude: | 931 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 |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | mudstone |
| Secondary lithology: | "cross stratification",fine sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: "Lithology of the fossiliferous beds mainly consists of alternation of mudstone and fine-grained sandstone layers. Mudstone is more dominant than the latter." | |
| Environment: | fluvial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | excellent |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis | ||
| Collectors: | HMNS-GIN | Collection dates: | 1996 |
Metadata
| Database number: | 168111 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2015-04-16 12:50:29 | Last modified: | 2021-04-16 10:03:43 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2015-04-16 12:50:29 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 76471. | S. Ishigaki. 1997. Cretaceous dinosaur footprints from Shar Tsav, Central Gobi, Mongolia. Abstract of Report Meeting, Mongolia-Japan Joint Paleontological Expedition 8 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/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] | |
| 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] | |
| 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] | |
| 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] |