Also known as Buguin-Tzav
Where: Omnogov, Mongolia (43.5° N, 99.6° E: paleocoordinates 41.0° N, 88.7° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Nemegt Formation, Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)
• age based on biostratigraphy; no absolute or correlative dating available for most Late Cretaceous Mongolian beds
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; red sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by AMNH in the 1990s
Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,
Primary reference: A. Perle, L. M. Chiappe, R. Barsbold, J. M. Clark, and M. A. Norell. 1994. Skeletal morphology of Mononykus olecranus (Theropoda: Avialae) from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia. American Museum Novitates 3105:1-29 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 13108: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 21.01.2002, edited by Mark Uhen, Jonathan Tennant and Patricia Holroyd
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines Batsch 1788 turtle | |
Trionychidae indet.1, Nemegtemys conflata1, Amyda menneri2, "Gobiapalone breviplastra" = Kuhnemys breviplastra1
Nemegtemys conflata1 Danilov et al. 2014 softshell turtle MPC 25/161 (HMNS 2006-4-472), lateral fragment of right hypoplastron
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Mononykus olecranus Perle et al. 1993 coelurosaur | |
Aves | |
Brodavis mongoliensis n. sp.3
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Reptilia | |
Tarbosaurus bataar Maleev 1955 tyrannosaurid |