Altan Ula III, site 1 [PMPE]: Maastrichtian, Mongolia
collected by Skarzynski & PMPE 1965, 1971

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Ankylosauridae
Ankylosauridae indet. Brown 1908
Kielan-Jaworowska and Barsbold 1972 1 individual
ZPAL MgD I/113, partial skeleton including soft-tissue impressions
    = Tarchia cf. gigantea Maleev 1956
Arbour et al. 2013
    = Ankylosauridae indet. Brown 1908
Arbour et al. 2014
Reptilia - Tyrannosauridae
Tyrannosauridae indet. Osborn 1906
1 individual
    = Tarbosaurus sp. Maleev 1955
Gradzinski et al. 1968
    = Tarbosaurus bataar Maleev 1955
Hurum and Sabath 2003
ZPal MgD-I/5
see common names

Geography
Country:Mongolia State/province:Omnogov
Coordinates: 43.6° North, 100.5° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:41.2° North, 89.5° East
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stage:Maastrichtian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 8
Key time interval:Maastrichtian
Age range of interval:72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Nemegt
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: upper Nemegt beds = Nemegt Fm., low in formation
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: conglomeratic sandstone
Secondary lithology: sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,soft parts
Degree of concentration:dispersed
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Articulated whole bodies:all
Fragmentation:occasional
Temporal resolution:snapshot
Spatial resolution:autochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:selective quarrying,mechanical,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collectors:Skarzynski & PMPE Collection dates:1965, 1971
Metadata
Also known as:Polish-Mongolian Palaeontological Expedition, AU3001
Database number:37006
Authorizer:M. Carrano, P. Mannion Enterer:M. Carrano, J. Tennant
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2004-02-23 08:43:31 Last modified:2023-09-26 12:58:01
Access level:the public Released:2004-02-23 08:43:31
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

9902. Z. Kielan-Jaworowska. 1966. Third (1965) Polish-Mongolian Palaeontological Expedition to the Gobi Desert and western Mongolia. Bulletin de l'Académie Polonaise des Sciences, Cl. II 14(4):249-252 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]

Secondary references:

71135 V. M. Arbour and P. J. Currie. 2011. Tail and pelvis pathologies of ankylosaurian dinosaurs. Historical Biology 23(4):375-390 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
66054 V. M. Arbour, P. J. Currie, and D. Badamgarav. 2014. The ankylosaurid dinosaurs of the Upper Cretaceous Baruungoyot and Nemegt formations of Mongolia. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 172(3):631-652 [G. Lloyd/G. Lloyd/M. Carrano]
45802 V. M. Arbour, N. L. Lech-Hernes, T. E. Guldberg, J. H. Hurum, and P. J. Currie. 2012. An ankylosaurid dinosaur from Mongolia with in situ armour and keratinous scale impressions. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 58(1):55-64 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
45716 V. M. Arbour, N. L. Lech-Hernes, T. E. Guldberg, J. H. Hurum, and P. J. Currie. 2013. An ankylosaurid dinosaur from Mongolia with in situ armour and keartinous scale impressions. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 58(1):55-64 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant]
59835 P. J. Currie. 2016. Dinosaurs of the Gobi: Following in the footsteps of the Polish-Mongolian Expeditions. Palaeontologia Polonica 67:83-100 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
9900 R. Gradzinski, J. Kazmierczak, and J. Lefeld. 1968. Geographical and geological data from the Polish-Mongolian Palaeontological Expeditions. Palaeontologia Polonica 198:33-82 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
15110ETE J. H. Hurum and K. L. Sabath. 2003. Giant theropod dinosaurs from Asia and North America: skulls of Tarbosaurus bataar and Tyrannosaurus rex compared. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 48(2):161-190 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
9899 Z. Kielan-Jaworowska and R. Barsbold. 1972. Narrative of the Polish-Mongolian Palaeontological Expeditions 1967-1971. Palaeontologia Polonica 27:5-136 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
10137 Z. Kielan-Jaworowska and N. Dovchin. 1968. Narrative of the Polish-Mongolian Palaeontological Expeditions 1963-1965. Palaeontologia Polonica 19:7-29 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]