Altan Ula (PIN coll. 553) [MPE] (Cretaceous of Mongolia)

Where: Omnogov, Mongolia (43.6° N, 100.5° E: paleocoordinates 41.2° N, 89.5° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Nemegt Formation, Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by MPE in 1948

Primary reference: I. G. Danilov, R. Hirayama, V. B. Sukhanov, S. Suzuki, M. Watabe and N. S. Vitek. 2014. Cretaceous soft-shelled turtles (Trionychidae) of Mongolia: new diversity, records, and a revision. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 12(7):799-832 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 154393: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Jonathan Tennant on 19.02.2014

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionychidae indet. softshell turtle
Shell fragments, PIN 553-66