Lizard Hill, Khulsan [AMNH] (Cretaceous to of Mongolia)

Where: Omnogov, Mongolia (43.5° N, 101.1° E: paleocoordinates 40.7° N, 90.5° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: eolian; sandstone

• aeolian but less arid than the Djadokhta deposits

Size class: macrofossils

Collected in 1991-1996; reposited in the AMNH

Collection methods: mechanical,

Primary reference: M. A. Norell and K. Gao. 1997. Braincase and phylogenetic relationships of Estesia mongoliensis from the Late Cretaceous of the Gobi Desert and the recognition of a new clade of lizards. American Museum Novitates 3211:1-25 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 62913: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 01.08.2006

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Squamata - Piramicephalosauridae
Pyramicephalosaurus cherminicus Alifanov 1988 squamates
IGM 3/130-3/131
 Squamata - Slavoiidae
Slavoia darevskii Sulimski 1984 squamates
IGM 3/154
 Squamata - Polyglyphanodontidae
Gobinatus arenosus, "Macrocephalosaurus chulsanensis" = Gilmoreteius chulsanensis
Gobinatus arenosus Alifanov 1993 squamates
IGM 3/126-3/127
"Macrocephalosaurus chulsanensis" = Gilmoreteius chulsanensis Sulimski 1975 squamates
IGM 3/134
 Squamata -
"Gobiderma pulchrum" = Gobiderma pulchra Borsuk-Bialynicka 1984 squamates
IGM 3/60
Estesia mongoliensis n. gen. n. sp. Norell et al. 1992 squamates
IGM M3/14 - holotype (skull with mandible)
Globaura venusta Borsuk-Bialynicka 1988 squamates
IGM 3/164
Ctenomastax parva Gao and Norell 2000 squamates
IGM 3/62 (MAE 131)
 Squamata - Priscagamidae
Priscagama gobiensis Borsuk-Bialynicka and Moody 1984 squamates
IGM 3/79
 Squamata -
Polrussia mongoliensis Borsuk-Bialynicka and Alifanov 1991 squamates
IGM 3/73