Altan Ula IV, site 7 [PMPE]: Maastrichtian, Mongolia
collected by Lefeld & PMPE 1965
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Ankylosauridae
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Ankylosauridae indet.
Brown 1908
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1 individual | |||||||||
| "incomplete fragment of a skeleton of a large armored dinosaur" | ||||||||||
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= Dyoplosaurus sp.
Parks 1924
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Maryanska 1970 | |||||||||
| ZPal MgD-I/42 | ||||||||||
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= "Dyoplosaurus" giganteus
Maleev 1956
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Maryanska 1977 | |||||||||
| nomen dubium belonging to Ankylosauridae | ||||||||||
| 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 | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Maastrichtian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 8 |
| Key time interval: | Maastrichtian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Nemegt | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: "upper Nemegt beds" = Nemegt Fm. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Degree of concentration: | dispersed |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Spatial orientation: | life position |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Fragmentation: | occasional |
| Bioerosion: | frequent |
| Encrustation: | none |
| Feeding/predation traces: | tooth marks |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
| Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,surface (in situ),mechanical,field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Collectors: | Lefeld & PMPE | Collection dates: | 1965 |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Polish-Mongolian Palaeontological Expedition, AU4007 | ||
| Database number: | 180299 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | P. Mannion | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2016-07-12 16:38:46 | Last modified: | 2020-09-01 08:07:27 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2016-07-12 16:38:46 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 9902. | Z. Kielan-Jaworowska. 1966. Third (1965) Polish-Mongolian Palaeontological Expedition to the Gobi Desert and western Mongolia. Bulletin de l'Académie Polonaise des Sciences, Cl. II 14(4):249-252 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 71135 | V. M. Arbour and P. J. Currie. 2011. Tail and pelvis pathologies of ankylosaurian dinosaurs. Historical Biology 23(4):375-390 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 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] | |
| 9900 | R. Gradzinski, J. Kazmierczak, and J. Lefeld. 1968. Geographical and geological data from the Polish-Mongolian Palaeontological Expeditions. Palaeontologia Polonica 198:33-82 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 14238 | ETE | T. Maryanska. 1970. Remains of armoured dinosaurs from the uppermost Cretaceous in Nemegt Basin, Gobi Desert. Palaeontologia Polonica 21:23-32 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 9909 | T. Maryanska. 1977. Ankylosauridae (Dinosauria) from Mongolia. Palaeontologia Polonica 37:85-151 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |