PBDB Collection

Khermeen Tsav II, Middle Red Beds [PMPE] (Cretaceous to of Mongolia)

Also known as Polish-Mongolian Palaeontological Expedition, Khermin Tsav

Where: Omnogov, Mongolia (43.3° N, 99.8° E: paleocoordinates 40.3° N, 89.4° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Baruungoyot Formation, Middle Campanian to Middle Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)

• also "Red Beds of Khermeen Tsav"

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; poorly lithified, tabular, concretionary, red, silty, calcareous sandstone

• identical description to Djadokhta Fm. (same ref)

• vivid red to orange, poorly cemented sandstone, with sandy concretions of variable size, small, white calcareous concretions occur. Some silt and clay intercalations. Cross-stratification is rare, but horizontally layered and massive beds are common. Common trace fossils - sediment-filled tubes - within the Red Beds. "In the profile Khermeen Tsav II the thick-bedded sandstones are orange-coloured and numerous intercalations of light-coloured (white, yellow, pale-red, and bluish-green) thin-bedded siltstones and claystones are present." (10453)

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by PMPE in 1970-1971

Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,

• five specimens found at this locality in addition to type specimen

Primary reference: Z. Kielan-Jaworowska and R. Barsbold. 1972. Narrative of the Polish-Mongolian Palaeontological Expeditions 1967-1971. Palaeontologia Polonica 27:5-136 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 28243: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Erin Leckey on 03.02.2003, edited by Jason Head, Matthew Carrano, Roger Benson and Terri Cleary

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Taxonomic list

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Amphibia
Salientia - Gobiatidae	"Eopelobates leptocolaptus n. sp." = Gobiates leptocolaptus¹ "Eopelobates leptocolaptus n. sp." = Gobiates leptocolaptus¹ Borsuk-Bialynicka 1978 frog ZPAL MgAb-III/l
Reptilia
Ornithischia - Ankylosauridae	Saichania chulsanensis⁸ Saichania chulsanensis⁸ Maryanska 1977 ankylosaurid ZPAL MdG I/114
Ornithischia - Protoceratopsidae	? Protoceratopsidae indet.¹⁰, Protoceratops sp. ? Protoceratopsidae indet.¹⁰ Granger and Gregory 1923 ceratopsian ZPAL MgOv-III/1-8, 19; eggs Protoceratops sp. Granger and Gregory 1923 ceratopsian
Ornithischia - Spheroolithidae	? Spheroolithidae indet.¹⁰ ? Spheroolithidae indet.¹⁰ Zhao 1979 ornithopod ZPAL MgOv-III/18, 17
Theropoda - Dendroolithidae	Dendroolithidae indet.¹⁰ Dendroolithidae indet.¹⁰ Zhao and Li 1988 coelurosaur eggs
Saurischia - Faveoloolithidae	Faveoloolithus ningxiaensis⁹ Faveoloolithus ningxiaensis⁹ Zhao and Ding 1976 sauropod ZPAL MgOv-III/18b
Squamata - Polyglyphanodontidae	Erdenetesaurus robinsonae n. gen. n. sp.¹², Adamisaurus magnidentatus¹¹ Erdenetesaurus robinsonae n. gen. n. sp.¹² Sulimski 1975 squamates ZPAL MgR-III/19, 22 Adamisaurus magnidentatus¹¹ Sulimski 1972 squamates ZPAL MgR-III/1-5, 14, 23, 25-27 (partial-fragmentary skulls)
Squamata - Slavoiidae	Slavoia darevskii¹³ Slavoia darevskii¹³ Sulimski 1984 squamates
Squamata -	Gobiderma pulchra n. gen. n. sp.² Gobiderma pulchra n. gen. n. sp.² Borsuk-Bialynicka 1984 squamates ZPAL MgR-III/64 (holotype), skull with mandible; ZPAL MgR-III/65, damaged skull roof with frag. right mandible and thick skull osteoderms; ZPAL MgR-III/66, damaged skull and mandibles
Squamata - Varanidae	Cherminotus longifrons n. gen. n. sp.² Cherminotus longifrons n. gen. n. sp.² Borsuk-Bialynicka 1984 monitor lizard ZPAL MgR-III/59 (holotype), damaged skull; ZPAL MgR-III/67, damaged skull
Mammalia
Multituberculata -	Nemegtbaatar gobiensis n. gen. n. sp.⁴ Nemegtbaatar gobiensis n. gen. n. sp.⁴ Kielan-Jaworowska 1974 multituberculate ZPAL MgM-I/81 (holotype partial skeleton)
Multituberculata - Sloanbaataridae	Nessovbaatar multicostatus n. gen. n. sp.⁷ Nessovbaatar multicostatus n. gen. n. sp.⁷ Kielan-Jaworowska and Hurum 1997 multituberculate ZPAL MgM-I/103
Multituberculata - Djadochtatheriidae	"Djadochtatherium catopsaloides" = Catopsbaatar catopsaloides⁴ "Djadochtatherium catopsaloides" = Catopsbaatar catopsaloides⁴ Kielan-Jaworowska 1974 multituberculate skull with partial lower jaws
Multituberculata -	Chulsanbaatar vulgaris⁴ Chulsanbaatar vulgaris⁴ Kielan-Jaworowska 1974 multituberculate
Theriamorpha - Zalambdalestidae	Barunlestes butleri⁵ Barunlestes butleri⁵ Kielan-Jaworowska 1975 eutherian ZPAL MgM-I/90 (partial right mandible), I/94 (partial right and left mandibles), I/104 (craniofacial portion of skull with mandibles, humerus and scapula), I/107 (partial skull)
Theriamorpha - Asioryctidae	Asioryctes nemegtensis⁵ Asioryctes nemegtensis⁵ Kielan-Jaworowska 1975 eutherian
Deltatheroida - Deltatheridiidae	Deltatheridium pretrituberculare⁶ Deltatheridium pretrituberculare⁶ Gregory and Simpson 1926 metatherian type of "tardum" subspecies; possible incorrectly spelled "pretrituberculare" [check ref. 10462]
Myriapoda
Spirobolida -	Gobiulus sabulosus³ Gobiulus sabulosus³ Dzik 1975 millipede

¹Borsuk-Bialynicka 1978; ²Borsuk-Bialynicka 1984; ³Dzik 1975; ⁴Kielan-Jaworowska 1974; ⁵Kielan-Jaworowska 1975; ⁶Kielan-Jaworowska 1978; ⁷Kielan-Jaworowska and Hurum 1997; ⁸Maryanska 1977; ⁹Mikhailov et al. 1994; ¹⁰Sabath 1991; ¹¹Sulimski 1972; ¹²Sulimski 1975; ¹³Sulimski 1984