Khermin Tsav I, Middle Red Beds [HMNS-GIN]: Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian, Mongolia
collected by HMNS-GIN 1997, 2006

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
Mammalia indet. (Linnaeus 1758)
Watabe et al. 2010
Mammalia - Multituberculata
Multituberculata indet. (Cope 1884)
Watabe et al. 2010
Reptilia
Crocodylia indet. (Owen 1842)
Watabe et al. 2010
lower jaw
Dinosauria indet. (Owen 1842)
2 specimens
several egg nests; 970716 KmT SND 19:02, 970719 KmT Egg Nest
Reptilia - Protoceratopsidae
Bagaceratops sp. Maryanska and Osmólska 1975
several skeletons of Bagaceratops, including MPC-D 100/535 (= 970719 KmT Baga M-1, M-2 SZK), 970719 KmT Baga. SND, 970719 KmT Baga(1), (2) ENKH
Reptilia - Prismatoolithidae
Prismatoolithidae indet. Hirsch 1994
Watabe et al. 2010 1 individual
nest
Reptilia
Theropoda indet. (Marsh 1881)
1 individual
small sized; 970719 KmT AMR M-3
Reptilia - Elongatoolithidae
Elongatoolithidae indet. Zhao 1975
Watabe et al. 2010
Reptilia
Hollanda luceria n. gen., n. sp. Bell et al. 2010
Bell et al. 2010 1 individual
MPC-b100/202
Reptilia - Dendroolithidae
Dendroolithidae indet. Zhao and Li 1988
Watabe et al. 2010
Reptilia - Alvarezsauridae
? Alvarezsauridae indet. Bonaparte 1991
Watabe et al. 2010
"probably"
Reptilia - Macrocephalosauridae
Lacertilia indet. (Owen 1842)
3 individuals
an almost complete skeleton of a lizard; 970716 KmT SND 15:00, 970717 KmT Lizard SND, 970714 KmT SND 12:15
    = Macrocephalosauridae indet. Sulimski 1975
Watabe et al. 2010
see common names

Geography
Country:Mongolia State/province:Omnogov
Coordinates: 43.5° North, 99.8° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:40.5° North, 89.3° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Altitude:991 meters
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stage:Campanian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 7
Key time interval:Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian
Age range of interval:83.60000 - 72.10000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Baruungoyot
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:massive conglomeratic sandstone
Secondary lithology:massive,desiccation cracks,paleosol/pedogenic mudstone
Includes fossils?Y
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: "The Beds are divided into the lower and upper part. Lithology of the lower part is massive sandstone beds with granule grain-sized conglomerate. The upper part has lithology of alternation of well-stratified sandstone and mudstone layers, with conglomerate layers. Desiccation cracks in various sizes are developed in the mudstone layers. Paleosol beds are developed in the mudstone and sandstone layers. The sandstone beds frequently show cross-stratification suggesting its eolian origin. The thickness of the Red Beds is about 70 m. Paleocurrent direction based on cross-stratification in the fluvial beds of the Red Beds varies to the west to the north (308.7 degree, standard deviation = 0.01, N = 3)."
Environment:eolian indet.
Geology comments: "predominantly eolian and fluvio-lacustrine deposits"
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:excellent
Feeding/predation traces:arthropod boring
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Collectors:HMNS-GIN Collection dates:1997, 2006
Taxonomic list comments:several skeletons of Bagaceratops, an almost complete skeleton of a lizard and several egg nests from the Red Beds (middle part of the geological section, Barun Goyot Formation)
Metadata
Also known as:Khermeen Tsav
Database number:130803
Authorizer:R. Benson, M. Carrano Enterer:R. Benson, M. Carrano
Modifier:P. Mannion Research group:vertebrate
Created:2012-07-13 23:18:58 Last modified:2021-03-18 14:27:28
Access level:the public Released:2012-07-13 23:18:58
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
53759. M. Watabe and S. Suzuki. 2000. Report on the Japan–Mongolia Joint Paleontological Expedition to the Gobi desert, 1997. Hayashibara Museum of Natural Sciences Research Bulletin 1:69-82 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]

Secondary references:

32636 A. K. Bell, L. M. Chiappe, G. M. Erickson, S. Suzuki, M. Watabe, R. Barsbold, and K. Tsogtbaatar. 2010. Description and ecologic analysis of Hollanda luceria, a Late Cretaceous bird from the Gobi Desert (Mongolia). Cretaceous Research 31(1):16-26 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]
44374 K. E. Mikhailov. 1994. Theropod and protoceratopsian dinosaur eggs from the Cretaceous of Mongolia and Kazakhstan. Paleontological Journal 28:101-120 [J. Alroy/A. Garcia Selles/M. Carrano]
42154 M. Watabe and S. Suzuki. 2000. Cretaceous fossil localities and a list of fossils collected by the Hayashibara Museum of Natural Sciences and Mongolian Paleontological Center Joint Paleontological Expedition (JMJPE) from 1993 through 1998. Hayashibara Museum of Natural Sciences Research Bulletin 1:99-108 [R. Benson/R. Benson]
55060 M. Watabe, S. Suzuki, K. Tsogtbaatar, T. Tsubamoto, and M. Saneyoshi. 2010. Report of the HMNS-MPC Joint Paleontological Expedition in 2006. Hayashibara Museum of Natural Sciences Research Bulletin 3:11-18 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
55298 M. Watabe, K. Tsogtbaatar, S. Suzuki and M. Saneyoshi. 2010. Geology of dinosaur-fossil-bearing localities (Jurassic and Cretaceous: Mesozoic) in the Gobi Desert: Results of the HMNS-MPC Joint Paleontological Expedition. Hayashibara Museum of Natural Sciences Research Bulletin 3:41-118 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]