Flaming Cliffs, Volcano sublocality: Campanian, Mongolia
collected 1995
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Dromaeosauridae
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Velociraptor mongoliensis
Osborn 1924
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1 individual | |||||||||
| IGM 100/982 (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Mongolia | State/province: | Omngov |
| Coordinates: | 44.0° North, 104.0° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 41.7° North, 93.2° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Campanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 7 |
| Key time interval: | Campanian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 83.60000 - 72.10000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Djadokhta |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | red sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | eolian indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Degree of concentration: | dispersed |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | medium |
| Associated major elements: | all |
| Fragmentation: | extreme |
| Bioerosion: | frequent |
| Spatial resolution: | autochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | mechanical,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | Collection dates: | 1995 |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Shabarakh Usu, Bayn Dzak | ||
| Database number: | 62928 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2006-08-01 11:21:21 | Last modified: | 2008-10-09 15:51:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-08-01 11:21:21 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 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] |