Khermeen Tsav II, Upper White Beds [HMNS-GIN]: Maastrichtian, Mongolia
collected by HMNS-GIN 1994, 1997, 2006

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
Watabe et al. 2010 1 specimen
060906 Km-T-II KWR, vertebrae
Testudinata indet. (Oppel 1811)
Watabe and Suzuki 2000
Crocodylia indet. (Owen 1842)
Watabe and Suzuki 2000
scutes
Reptilia - Elongatoolithidae
Watabe and Suzuki 2000
eggshells
Watabe et al. 2010
Reptilia - Dendroolithidae
Watabe et al. 2010
Reptilia - Ornithomimidae
Watabe et al. 2010 1 specimen
060902 KmT-II GRL, metatarsals
Reptilia - Troodontidae
Watabe and Suzuki 2000 1 individual
partial skeleton
Reptilia
Watabe et al. 2010
unclassified
Watabe and Suzuki 2000
see common names

Geography
Country:Mongolia State/province:Omnogov
Coordinates: 43.3° North, 99.8° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:36.1° North, 93.3° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Altitude:1200 meters
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Cretaceous Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Maastrichtian 10 m.y. bin: Cretaceous 8
Key time interval: Maastrichtian
Age range of interval: 72.2 - 66 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Nemegt
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:"cross stratification",white sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: "The paleocurrent direction of the Upper White Beds on trough cross-stratification is mainly SE (136 degree, standard deviation = 10, N = 5)."
Environment:fluvial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Spatial orientation:life position
Preservation of anatomical detail:excellent
Fragmentation:occasional
Spatial resolution:autochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some genera
Collection methods:selective quarrying,surface (in situ),field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Collectors:HMNS-GIN Collection dates:1994, 1997, 2006
Metadata
Also known as:Khermin Tsav; Khermin-Tsab; Hermiin Tsav
Database number:168988
Authorizer:M. Carrano Enterer:M. Carrano
Modifier:P. Mannion Research group:vertebrate
Created:2015-05-04 12:42:23 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2015-05-04 12:42:23
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
42291. W. Watabe and S. Suzuki. 2000. Report on the Japan–Mongolia Joint Paleontological Expedition to the Gobi desert, 1994. Hayashibara Museum of Natural Sciences Research Bulletin 1:30-44 [R. Benson/R. Benson/M. Carrano]

Secondary references:

42154 M. Watabe and S. Suzuki. 2000. Cretaceous fossil localities and a list of fossils collected by the Hayashibara Museum of Natural Sciences and Mongolian Paleontological Center Joint Paleontological Expedition (JMJPE) from 1993 through 1998. Hayashibara Museum of Natural Sciences Research Bulletin 1:99-108 [R. Benson/R. Benson]
53759 M. Watabe and S. Suzuki. 2000. Report on the Japan–Mongolia Joint Paleontological Expedition to the Gobi desert, 1997. Hayashibara Museum of Natural Sciences Research Bulletin 1:69-82 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
55060 M. Watabe, S. Suzuki, K. Tsogtbaatar, T. Tsubamoto, and M. Saneyoshi. 2010. Report of the HMNS-MPC Joint Paleontological Expedition in 2006. Hayashibara Museum of Natural Sciences Research Bulletin 3:11-18 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
55298 M. Watabe, K. Tsogtbaatar, S. Suzuki and M. Saneyoshi. 2010. Geology of dinosaur-fossil-bearing localities (Jurassic and Cretaceous: Mesozoic) in the Gobi Desert: Results of the HMNS-MPC Joint Paleontological Expedition. Hayashibara Museum of Natural Sciences Research Bulletin 3:41-118 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]