Khermin Tsav, northern slope [RMPE]: Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian, Mongolia
collected by RMPE 1991

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Multituberculata
Multituberculata indet. Cope 1884
Kurochkin 1996 1 specimen
Reptilia - Dinosauria
? Dinosauria indet. Owen 1842
Kurochkin 1996 2 specimens
Reptilia - Theropoda
Nanantius valifanovi n. sp. Kurochkin 1996
Kurochkin 1996 1 individual
synonym of Gobipteryx minuta
PIN 4492-1
Reptilia - Protoceratopsidae
Protoceratopsidae indet. Granger and Gregory 1923
Mikhailov 1991 8 specimens
eggs; PIN 3142/415, 429, 447, 453, 455, 489, 495, 496
Kurochkin 1996 1 specimen
PIN 3142/7
Reptilia - Piramicephalosauridae
Piramicephalosaurus cherminicus n. gen., n. sp. Alifanov 1988
1 individual
recombined as Pyramicephalosaurus cherminicus
PIN 3142/307 (holotype)
Reptilia
Cyclurasia multidentata n. gen., n. sp. Alifanov 2000
Alifanov 2000
PIN 3142/336 (holotype), partial skull and lower jaw
Mongolochamops reshetovi n. gen., n. sp. Alifanov 1988
2 individuals
PIN 3142/304 (holotype), 3142/305
Reptilia - Cherminsauridae
Campedosaurus sulcularis n. gen., n. sp. Alifanov 2000
Alifanov 2000
PIN 3142/341 (holotype), partial skull plus mandible
Reptilia - Lacertilia
Lacertilia indet. Owen 1842
Kurochkin 1996 1 specimen
Reptilia - Polyglyphanodontidae
Macrocephalosaurus sulimskii n. sp. Alifanov 2000
Alifanov 2000
ZPAL MgR III/17 (holotype), skull and lower jaw
Tuberocephalosaurus pompabilis n. gen., n. sp. Alifanov 2000
Alifanov 2000
PIN 3142/328 (holotype), complete skull and mandible
Aprisaurus bidentatus n. gen., n. sp. Alifanov 2000
Alifanov 2000
PIN 3142/302 (holotype), skull and lower jaw
see common names

Geography
Country:Mongolia State/province:Omnogovi
Coordinates: 43.5° North, 109.1° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:42.2° North, 98.0° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stage:Campanian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 7
Key time interval:Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian
Age range of interval:83.60000 - 72.10000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Baruungoyot
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Middle layers of the section on the northern slope in the Khermeen Tsav
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: sandstone
Secondary lithology:red,white carbonaceous conglomerate
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: "Near the top of a sandstone unit about 15-20 m below a unit containing the carbonate concretions on a steep slope"
Environment:eolian indet.
Geology comments: "perhaps eolian in origin"
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Spatial orientation:random
Associated major elements:some
Disassociated major elements:some
Fragmentation:frequent
Spatial resolution:autochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (float),surface (in situ),mechanical,sieve,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collectors:RMPE Collection dates:1991
Collection method comments: 40 fragments are unidentifiable. Eggshell fragments found associated with the avian bones.
Metadata
Also known as:Russian-Mongolian Palaeontological Expedition, Khermeen Tsav
Database number:58105
Authorizer:M. Carrano, P. Barrett, R. Benson Enterer:K. Maguire, M. Carrano, T. Cleary, R. Benson
Modifier:P. Mannion Research group:vertebrate
Created:2006-01-20 10:50:28 Last modified:2021-03-18 14:01:10
Access level:the public Released:2006-01-20 10:50:28
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
37919. V. R. Alifanov. 1988. The new lizards (Lacertilia: Teiidae) from the Upper Cretaceous of Mongolia. In F. Kurochkin (ed.), Fossil reptiles and birds of Mongolia 90-100 [R. Benson/R. Benson]

Secondary references:

57668 V. R. Alifanov. 2000. Macrocephalosaurs and the early evolution of lizards of Central Asia. Transactions of the Palaeontological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences 272 [P. Barrett/T. Cleary]
38112 V. R. Alifanov. 2000. The fossil record of Cretaceous lizards from Mongolia. In M. J. Benton, M. A. Shishkin, D. M. Unwin, & E N. Kurichkin (eds.), The Age of Dinosaurs in Russia and Mongolia 368-389 [R. Benson/R. Benson/M. Carrano]
15648ETE E. N. Kurochkin. 1996. A new enantiornithid of the Mongolian Late Cretaceous, and a general appraisal of the infraclass Enantiornithes (Aves). Russian Academy of Sciences Palaeontological Institute Special Issue 1-60 [M. Carrano/K. Maguire/M. Carrano]
18352ETE 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]
27284ETE K. E. Mikhailov. 1991. Classification of fossil eggshells of amniotic vertebrates. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 36(2):193-238 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
23829ETE V. A. Tereshchenko. 2007. Key to protoceratopoid vertebrae (Ceratopsia, Dinosauria) from Mongolia. Paleontological Journal 41(2):175-188 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]