Altan Ula IV, site 5 [PMPE]: Maastrichtian, Mongolia
collected by Walknowski & PMPE 1964

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Ankylosauridae
Dyoplosaurus sp. Parks 1924
1 individual
    = Dyoplosaurus cf. giganteus Maleev 1956
Maryanska 1970
ZPal MgD-I/43; posterior part of tail
    = Dyoplosaurus giganteus Maleev 1956
Maryanska 1977
nomen dubium belonging to Ankylosauridae
see common names

Geography
Country:Mongolia State/province:Omnogov
Coordinates: 43.6° North, 100.4° 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: middle of section
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: conglomeratic sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Degree of concentration:dispersed
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Associated major elements:all
Fragmentation:occasional
Temporal resolution:snapshot
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:selective quarrying,surface (in situ),mechanical,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collectors:Walknowski & PMPE Collection dates:1964
Metadata
Also known as:Polish-Mongolian Palaeontological Expedition, Quarry AU4005
Database number:38699
Authorizer:M. Carrano Enterer:M. Carrano
Modifier:P. Mannion Research group:vertebrate
Created:2004-04-29 11:06:41 Last modified:2020-09-01 08:11:34
Access level:the public Released:2004-04-29 11:06:41
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

9901. Z. Kielan-Jaworowska and K. Kowalski. 1965. Polish-Mongolian Palaeontological Expeditions to the Gobi Desert in 1963 and 1964. Bulletin de l'Académie Polonaise des Sciences, Cl. II 13(3):175-179 [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]
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]
10137 Z. Kielan-Jaworowska and N. Dovchin. 1968. Narrative of the Polish-Mongolian Palaeontological Expeditions 1963-1965. Palaeontologia Polonica 19:7-29 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
14238ETE 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]