Mt. Uskuk, Tsagan Nor (AMNH Loc. 10514): Early/Lower Cretaceous, Mongolia
collected 1922
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
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Psittacosaurus sp.
Osborn 1923
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Andrews 1932 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
Protiguanodon mongoliense n. gen., n. sp.
Osborn 1923
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1 specimen | |||||||||
synonym of Psittacosaurus mongoliensis | ||||||||||
AMNH 6253 | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Saurischia
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Saurischia indet.
Seeley 1888
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Andrews 1932 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Mongolia | State/province: | Ovorkhangai |
Coordinates: | 44.7° North, 101.9° East (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 45.3° North, 102.3° East | ||
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Early/Lower Cretaceous |
Key time interval: | Early/Lower Cretaceous | ||
Age range of interval: | 145.00000 - 100.50000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Öösh | ||||
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: originally Ondai Sair Fm. |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | not reported |
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Degree of concentration: | dispersed |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
Articulated whole bodies: | some |
Associated major elements: | some |
Disassociated major elements: | some |
Disassociated minor elements: | some |
Fragmentation: | occasional |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | selective quarrying,surface (float),surface (in situ),mechanical,field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Museum repositories: | AMNH | Collection dates: | 1922 |
Metadata
Also known as: | Usskuk | ||
Database number: | 48939 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2005-04-04 11:40:17 | Last modified: | 2023-08-01 15:37:39 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-04-04 11:40:17 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
9632. | H. F. Osborn. 1923. Two Lower Cretaceous dinosaurs of Mongolia. American Museum Novitates 95:1-10 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
13060 | ETE | R. C. Andrews. 1932. The New Conquest of Central Asia: A Narrative of the Explorations of the Central Asiatic Expeditions ni Mongolia and China, 1921-1930. Natural History of Central Asia 1:1-678 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
64010 | Z.-W. Cheng. 1982. Páxíng lèi {Reptilia}. Mesozoic Stratigraphic Paleontology in the Guyang Coal-Bearing Basin, Inner Mongolia 123-136 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
13076 | ETE | H. F. Osborn. 1924. The discovery of an unknown continent. Natural History 24(2):133-149 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
62553 | A. K. Rozhdestvensky. 1955. Novyye dannyye o psittakozavrakh – melovykh ornitopodakh [New data on psittacosaurs — Cretaceous ornithopods]. Voprosy Geologii Asii 2:783-788 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
14891 | ETE | C.-C. Young. 1958. The dinosaurian remains of Laiyang, Shantung. Palaeontologia Sinica, New Series C, Whole Number 42(16):1-138 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |