Ulan-tsonch (SSE) (Cretaceous to of China)

Also known as Sino-Swedish Expedition, Ulan Tsonch

Where: Nei Mongol, China (41.5° N, 107.0° E: paleocoordinates 39.4° N, 96.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Minhe Formation, Campanian to Campanian (83.6 - 66.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; red sandstone

• "brick red sandy sediments"

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collected by B. Bohlin in 1930

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

Primary reference: B. Bohlin. 1945. History of the expedition in Asia 1927–1935. Part IV. General reports of travels and fieldwork. Palaeontological and geological researches in Mongolia and Kansu 1929-1933. Reports from the Scientific Expedition to the North-Western Provinces of China Under Leadership of Dr. Sven Hedin. The Sino-Swedish Expedition Publication 26:255-325 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 50729: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 19.05.2005

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Ornithischia -
Neoceratopsia indet.2 Sereno 1986 ceratopsian
 Theropoda -
 Theropoda - Dromaeosauridae
"cf. Velociraptor mongoliense" = Velociraptor mongoliensis1
"cf. Velociraptor mongoliense" = Velociraptor mongoliensis1 Osborn 1924 maniraptoran
2 teeth, 2 phaanges (ungual, penultimate)
 Loricata -
Crocodylia indet.1 crocodilian
tooth