Also known as Polish-Mongolian Palaeontological Expedition, Tsagan Ula, Tsagan Khushu, site T
Where: Omnogov, Mongolia (43.4° N, 100.4° E: paleocoordinates 41.1° N, 89.4° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Nemegt Formation, Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)
• "one complex of beds" near middle of section
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; fine-grained, silty sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by PMPE in 1963–1964
Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,
Primary reference: Z. Kielan-Jaworowska and K. Kowalski. 1965. Polish-Mongolian Palaeontological Expeditions to the Gobi Desert in 1963 and 1964. Bulletin de l'Académie Polonaise des Sciences, Cl. II 13(3):175-179 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 38705: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 29.04.2004, edited by Jonathan Tennant
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Trionyx gobiensis1 Danilov et al. 2014 softshell turtle An almost complete, well preserved carapace (discus) of a small specimen, 11 cm long, three separate fragments of pleuraIs, including one of a considerable larger individual
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Mongolemys elegans n. gen. n. sp.2
Mongolemys elegans n. gen. n. sp.2 Khosatzky and Mlynarski 1971 turtle Holotype (ZIN RN T/M-46.1, complete shell of a large specimen. 22 cm long) In addition to the holotype there are numerous specimens from Tsagan Khushu , Nemegt Basin and Bugin Tsav , Western Gobi, housed in the Zoological Institute in Leningrad, and 36 fragmentary shells or isolated plates and bones from Tsagan Khushu , housed in the Palaeozoological Institute in Warsaw
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