Dragon's Tomb, Altan Ula II [SMPE] (Cretaceous of Mongolia)

Also known as Soviet-Mongolian Paleontological Expedition

Where: Omnogov, Mongolia (43.6° N, 100.6° E: paleocoordinates 41.2° N, 89.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-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

Preservation: soft parts

Collected by SMPE in 1948–1949, 2008–2010; reposited in the PIN

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

Primary reference: I. A. Efremov. 1955. Zakhoroneniye dinozavrov v Nemegetu (Yuzhnaya Gobi, MNR) [Burial of dinosaurs in Nemegetu (Southern Gobi, MNR)]. Voprosy Geologii Asii 2:789-809 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 220943: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 28.06.2021

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Theropoda - Tyrannosauridae
Tarbosaurus sp.2 Maleev 1955 tyrannosaurid
 Ornithischia - Hadrosauridae
Saurolophus angustirstris1 hadrosaurine
PIN 3738, 3747, 4216/49; UALVP 52781, 52785–6; ZPAL-MgD-1/159