MRT-102, Mogoito (Cretaceous of Russian Federation)

Also known as Gusinoye Lake; Lake Gusinoe; Ovrag Skoblo, Skoblo Gully

Where: Buryat, Russian Federation (51.2° N, 106.3° E: paleocoordinates 53.8° N, 105.3° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Mogoito Member (Murtoi Formation), Valanginian (139.8 - 132.9 Ma)

• Late Barremian to 'middle' Aptian. Shown as within the "lower (dinosaur" layer, below the "Turginsk Gorizont" in Martinson 1961.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; gray, yellow sandstone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collected by Averianov, Skutschas in 1998–1999

Collection methods: bulk, surface (float), surface (in situ), mechanical, sieve,

Primary reference: A. O. Averianov, A. Starkov, and P. Skutschas. 2003. Dinosaurs from the Early Cretaceous Murtoi Formation in Buryatia, eastern Russia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 23(3):586-594 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 229031: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 01.02.2023

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Neornithischia - Jeholosauridae
Jeholosauridae indet.1 Han et al. 2012 ornithischian
ZIN PH 12/13, maxillary tooth; ZIN PH 6/13, dentary tooth
Jeholosauridae indet.2 Han et al. 2012 ornithischian
ZIN PH 16/112, 17/112, 18/112, premaxillary teeth; ZIN PH 13/13, 15/112, maxillary/dentary teeth; ZIN PH 1/112, left pubis
 Ornithischia -
Ornithopoda indet.3 Marsh 1881 ornithopod
ZIN PH 9/13, premaxillary tooth
 Theropoda -
Theropoda indet. Marsh 1881 theropod
ZIN PH 7/112, 8/112, teeth
 Theropoda - Dromaeosauridae
Dromaeosauridae indet. Colbert and Russell 1969 maniraptoran
ZIN PH 6/112, premaxillary tooth; ZIN PH 2/13, 11/13, teeth
Richardoestesia sp.3 Currie et al. 1990 maniraptoran
ZIN PH 10/13, tooth