PBDB Collection

Tögrögiin Shiree [AMNH]: Late/Upper Campanian, Mongolia
collected 1991-1993

List of taxa

Where & when

Geology

Taphonomy & methods

Metadata & references

Taxonomic list

Mammalia - Zalambdalestidae

	cf. Zalambdalestes sp. Gregory and Simpson 1926	Wible et al. 2004	1 individual
	PSS-MAE 145, skull with attached lower jaws, fragmentary pectoral girdle, and nearly complete posterior half of the skeleton

	Zalambdalestes lechei Gregory and Simpson 1926	Wible et al. 2004	2 individuals
	PSS-MAE 108, skull with attached lower jaws and four cervical vertebrae; PSS-MAE 135, partial skull with attached partial lower jaws
Reptilia - Varanidae

	Cherminotus longifrons Borsuk-Bialynicka 1984	Gao and Norell 2000	1 individual
	IGM 3/170
Reptilia

	Zapsosaurus sceliphros n. gen., n. sp. Gao and Norell 2000	Gao and Norell 2000	2 individuals
	IGM 3/71-3/72

	Temujinia ellisoni Gao and Norell 2000	Gao and Norell 2000	1 individual
	IGM 3/70 (MAE 19/93-6)

	Isodontosaurus gracilis Gilmore 1943	Gao and Norell 2000	3 individuals
	IGM 3/91-3/93
Reptilia - Polyglyphanodontidae

	Adamisaurus magnidentatus Sulimski 1972	Gao and Norell 2000	7 individuals
	IGM 3/116-3/122
Reptilia - Alvarezsauridae

	Mononychus olecranus Perle et al. 1993		2 individuals
	MGI N100/99
	= Shuvuuia deserti Chiappe et al. 1998	Chiappe et al. 1998
Reptilia - Dromaeosauridae

	Dromaeosauridae indet. Colbert and Russell 1969	Norell and Makovicky 1997	1 individual
	IGM 100/985 reID as V. mongoliensis with REF 18137

	Velociraptor mongoliensis Osborn 1924	Norell and Makovicky 1999	1 individual
	IGM 100/976

	Mahakala omnogovae n. gen., n. sp. Turner et al. 2007	Turner et al. 2007	1 individual
	IGM 100/1033 (4 measurements)
see common names

Geography

Country:	Mongolia	State/province:	Omnogov
Coordinates:	44.2° North, 103.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:	41.8° North, 92.3° East
Basis of coordinate:	stated in text
Geographic resolution:	outcrop

Time

Period:	Cretaceous	Epoch:	Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stage:	Campanian	10 m.y. bin:	Cretaceous 7
Key time interval:	Late/Upper Campanian
Age range of interval:	83.60000 - 72.10000 m.y. ago

Stratigraphy

Formation:	Djadokhta	Member:	Tugrugyin
Stratigraphic resolution:	group of beds

Lithology and environment

Primary lithology:	coarse,red sandstone
Includes fossils?	Y
Environment:	eolian indet.

Taphonomy

Modes of preservation:	body
Size of fossils:	macrofossils
Spatial orientation:	life position
Preservation of anatomical detail:	excellent
Articulated whole bodies:	some
Associated major elements:	some
Fragmentation:	occasional

Collection methods and comments

Collection methods:	selective quarrying,surface (in situ),mechanical,field collection
Reason for describing collection:	taxonomic analysis
Collection dates:	1991-1993

Metadata

Also known as:	Tugrig Shire, Toogreeg Shire, Tugrikin-Shiren, Tugrugeen Shireh
Database number:	51033
Authorizer:	M. Carrano, R. Benson	Enterer:	M. Carrano, R. Benson
Modifier:	M. Carrano	Research group:	vertebrate
Created:	2005-05-26 12:27:32	Last modified:	2022-04-22 14:53:27
Access level:	the public	Released:	2005-05-26 12:27:32
Creative Commons license:	CC BY

Reference information

Primary reference:

14285.

ETE

A. Perle, M. A. Norell, L. M. Chiappe and J. M. Clark. 1993. Flightless bird from the Cretaceous of Mongolia. Nature 362:623-626 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]

Secondary references:

13618	ETE	L. M. Chiappe, M. A. Norell, and J. M. Clark. 1998. The skull of a relative of the stem-group bird Mononykus. Nature 392:275-278 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
15459	ETE	D. Dashzeveg, L. Dingus, D.B. Loope, C.C. Swisher, III, T. Dulam and M.R. Sweeney. 2005. New stratigraphic subdivision, depositional environment, and age estimate for the Upper Cretaceous Djadokhta Formation, southern Ulan Nur Basin, Mongolia. American Museum Novitates (3498)1-31 [M. Carrano/K. Maguire/G. Varnham]
19734	5% 54920	K. Gao and M. A. Norell. 2000. Taxonomic composition and systematics of Late Cretaceous lizard assemblages from Ukhaa Tolgod and adjacent localities, Mongolian Gobi Desert. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 249:1-118 [J. Alroy/E. Leckey/R. Benson]
18352	ETE	E. N. Kurochkin. 2000. Mesozoic birds of Mongolia and the former USSR. In M. J. Benton, M. A. Shishkin, D. M. Unwin, & E N. Kurichkin (eds.), The Age of Dinosaurs in Russia and Mongolia 533-559 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
58210		M. A. Norell. 1997. Central Asiatic Expeditions. In P. J. Currie & K. Padian (ed.), Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs 100-105 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
18146	ETE	M. A. Norell and P. J. Makovicky. 1997. Important features of the dromaeosaur skeleton: information from a new specimen. American Museum Novitates 3215:1-28 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
18147	ETE	M. A. Norell and P. J. Makovicky. 1999. Important features of the dromaeosaur skeleton II: information from newly collected specimens of Velociraptor mongoliensis. American Museum Novitates 3282:1-45 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
13617	ETE	S. Suzuki, L. M. Chiappe, G. J. Dyke, M. Watabe, R. Barsbold and K. Tsogtbaatar. 2002. A new specimen of Shuvuuia deserti Chiappe et al., 1998 from the Mongolian Late Cretaceous with a discussion of the relationships of alvarezsaurids to other theropod dinosaurs. Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 494:1-18 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
28248	ETE	A. H. Turner, D. Pol, J. A. Clarke, G. M. Erickson, and M. A. Norell. 2007. A basal dromaeosaurid and size evolution preceding avian flight. Science 317:1378-1381 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
41123		A. H. Turner, D. Pol, and M. A. Norell. 2011. Anatomy of Mahakala omnogovae (Theropoda: Dromaeosauridae), Tögrögiin Shiree, Mongolia. American Museum Novitates 3722:1-66 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Carrano]
38683		J. R. Wible, M. J. Novacek, and G. W. Rougier. 2004. New data on the skull and dentition of the Mongolia Late Cretaceous eutherian mammal Zalabdalestes. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 281:1-144 [R. Benson/R. Benson]