Gilbentu: Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian, Mongolia
collected by MPE 1946

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Protoceratopsidae
Protoceratops andrewsi Granger and Gregory 1923
Tereshchenko 1996 1 specimen
PIN 4550/1, first 3 cervical vertebrae
Bagaceratops sp. Maryanska and Osmólska 1975
Tereshchenko 2007 1 specimen
PIN 4550/3
Reptilia - Gobioolithidae
Gobipterygidae indet. Elzanowski 1974
G1 group eggs ("smaller Gobipteryx")
    = Gobioolithus maior Mikhailov 1996
Mikhailov 1996
Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionychidae indet. (Gray 1825)
Danilov et al. 2014 1 specimen
Shell fragments, ZIN PH 163
Trionyx gilbentuensis n. sp. Danilov et al. 2014
Danilov et al. 2014 1 specimen
Partial hyo- and hypoplastra; ZIN PH T/M46-2
see common names

Geography
Country:Mongolia State/province:Omnogov County:Umunugovi Aimag
Coordinates: 43.9° North, 101.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:41.2° North, 90.6° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Altitude:1039 meters
Geographic resolution:small collection
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
Stratigraphy comments: also listed as Nemegt Fm.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some genera
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collectors:MPE Collection dates:1946
Metadata
Also known as:Gilbent Uul
Database number:154402
Authorizer:P. Mannion, M. Carrano Enterer:J. Tennant, M. Carrano
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2014-02-19 07:49:42 Last modified:2022-07-26 15:10:09
Access level:the public Released:2014-02-19 07:49:42
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

14217.ETE K. Mikhailov, K. Sabath, and S. Kurzanov. 1994. Eggs and nests from the Cretaceous of Mongolia. In K. Carpenter, K. F. Hirsch, and J. R. Horner (eds.), Dinosaur Eggs and Babies, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 88-115 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]

Secondary references:

14221ETE K. Carpenter and K. Alf. 1994. Global distribution of dinosaur eggs, nests, and babies. In K. Carpenter, K. F. Hirsch, and J. R. Horner (eds.), Dinosaur Eggs and Babies, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 13-30 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
82280 Ł Czepiński. 2020. New protoceratopsid specimens improve the age correlation of the Upper Cretaceous Gobi Desert strata. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 65(3):481-497 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
50209 I. G. Danilov, R. Hirayama, V. B. Sukhanov, S. Suzuki, M. Watabe and N. S. Vitek. 2014. Cretaceous soft-shelled turtles (Trionychidae) of Mongolia: new diversity, records, and a revision. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 12(7):799-832 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant/P. Mannion]
69240 K. E. Mikhailov. 1996. Bird eggs in the Upper Cretaceous of Mongolia. Paleontological Journal 30(1):114-116 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
23829ETE V. A. Tereshchenko. 2007. Key to protoceratopoid vertebrae (Ceratopsia, Dinosauria) from Mongolia. Paleontological Journal 41(2):175-188 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
82283 V. S. Tereshchenko. 1996. A reconstruction of the locomotion of Protoceratops. Paleontological Journal 30(2):232-245 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]