Khara Khutul (PIN coll. 5268) [MPE/SMPE] (Cretaceous to of Mongolia)

Also known as Khara Khutul Ula; Khar Hötöl Uul; Kharakhutulia kalandadzei type

Where: Dornogov, Mongolia (44.5° N, 107.4° E: paleocoordinates 46.2° N, 97.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Baynshire Formation, Cenomanian to Cenomanian (100.5 - 83.6 Ma)

• = Bainshirenskaya, Bayn Shire, Bainshire Formation

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by N. N. Kalandadze, MPE, SMPE, SMGE in 1946, 1948–1949, 1967–1972, 1974, 1976; reposited in the PIN

• Soviet-Mongolian Paleontological Expedition

Primary reference: I. A. Efremov. 1954. Paleontologeskiye issledovaniya v Mongol'skoy Narodnoy Respulike (predvaritel'nyye rezul'taty ekspeditsiyy 1946, 1948 i 1949 gg.) [Paleontological investigations in the Mongolian People's Republic (preliminary results of the expeditions of 1946, 1947, and 1949)]. Trudy Mongolʹskoĭ Komissii 59:3-32 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 118167: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 07.10.2011, edited by Bethany Allen and Matthew Carrano

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Taxonomic list

 Coniferales - Cupressaceae
Taxodium sp.6 Richard 1810 cypress
Reptilia
 Dinosauria -
Dinosauria indet.2 Owen 1842 dinosaur
eggshells
 Saurischia -
 Theropoda - Therizinosauridae
Segnosaurus galbinensis1 Perle 1979 coelurosaur
Enigmosaurus mongoliensis n. sp.3 Barsbold and Perle 1983 enigmatic lizard
"relatively large pelvis"; PST GIN AN MNP 100/84
 Avetheropoda -
 Testudinata -
Testudinata indet.5 Oppel 1811 turtle
 Testudines - Lindholmemydidae
Mongolemys sp.7 Khosatzky and Mlynarski 1971 turtle
 Testudines - Adocidae
Adocidae indet.8 Cope 1869 turtle
 Testudines - Sinemydidae
Sinemydidae indet.7 Yeh 1963 turtle
 Testudines - Nanhsiungchelyidae
Nanhsiungchelyidae indet.8 Yeh 1966 turtle
Originally listed as ?Zangerlia sp. (Shuvalov and Chkhikvadze 1975)
Nanhsiungchelyidae indet.4 Yeh 1966 turtle
IP 11-2-2 (fragmentary shell and postcranial remains)
Kharakhutulia kalandadzei n. gen. n. sp.8 Sukhanov et al. 2008 turtle
PIN 5268-1 - holotype (a partial shell missing its right and posterior periphery); paratypes: PIN 5268-2 (partial shell including left lateral fragment of the carapace and left half of the plastron), PIN 5268-3 (fragment of a carapace, including pygal and sutured fragments of peripherals 11), PIN 5268-4 (left bridge peripheral). PIN 5268-3 and PIN 5268-4 may belong to the same individual as PIN 5268-1 or PIN 5268-2. There are a number of other shell fragments belonging either to PIN 5268-1 or/and PIN 5268-2.
Hanbogdemys sp.8 Sukhanov and Narmandakh 2006 turtle
Originally described as an individual of Hanbogdemys ("Basilemys") orientalis (Nessov 1987)
 Testudines - Carettochelyidae
Kizylkumemys schultzi8 Nessov 1977 turtle
Listed as Kizylkumemys schultzi mirabilis (Nessov 1981)
 Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionychidae indet.8 Gray 1825 softshell turtle