Naran Bulak, Paleogene [HMNS-GIN] (Paleocene of Mongolia)

Also known as Naran Bulag

Where: Mongolia (43.5° N, 100.5° E: paleocoordinates 42.9° N, 91.3° E)

When: Paleocene (66.0 - 56.0 Ma)

• JMJPE visited the locality in 1993 and 1997, and collected plant fossils, and several teeth and jaw fragments of mammals from Paleocene beds.

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by HMNS-GIN in 1993, 1997, 2006

Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ),

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 130801: authorized by Roger Benson, entered by Roger Benson on 13.07.2012, edited by Matthew Carrano

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• plant fossils, and several teeth and jaw fragments of mammals
Mammalia
 Mammalia -
Mammalia indet. mammal
several teeth and jaw fragments of mammals
Reptilia
 Testudines - Lindholmemydidae
Mongolemys sp. Khosatzky and Mlynarski 1971 turtle
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