SCDP site 102, Bayan Mandahu: Campanian, China
collected 1990

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Elongatoolithidae
Elongatoolithidae indet. Zhao 1975
Dong and Currie 1996
IVPP V9608
    = cf. Elongatoolithus sp. Zhao 1975
Simon et al. 2019
Reptilia - Oviraptoridae
Oviraptor sp. Osborn 1924
Dong and Currie 1995 1 individual
    = Oviraptoridae indet. Barsbold 1976
Dong and Currie 1996
IVPP V9608
    = Oviraptorinae indet. Barsbold 1981
Longrich et al. 2010
see common names

Geography
Country:China State/province:Nei Mongol County:Bayan Nor
Coordinates: 41.8° North, 106.7° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:39.6° North, 96.2° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Altitude:1192 meters
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stage:Campanian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 7
Key time interval:Campanian
Age range of interval:83.60000 - 72.10000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Bayan Mandahu
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:red sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:eolian indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Degree of concentration:dispersed
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Spatial orientation:life position
Preservation of anatomical detail:medium
Articulated whole bodies:all
Fragmentation:frequent
Temporal resolution:snapshot
Spatial resolution:autochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:selective quarrying,mechanical,field collection
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Museum repositories:IVPP
Collection dates:1990
Metadata
Also known as:Sino-Canadian Dinosaur Project, North Canyon
Database number:46904
Authorizer:M. Carrano Enterer:M. Carrano
Modifier:R. Benson Research group:vertebrate
Created:2005-01-26 08:35:23 Last modified:2011-09-06 06:39:38
Access level:the public Released:2005-01-26 08:35:23
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
5680.ETE,5% 16440T. Jerzykiewicz, P. J. Currie, D. A. Eberth, P. A. Johnston, E. H. Koster and J. J. Zheng. 1994. Djadokha Formation correlative strata in Chinese Inner Mongolia: an overview of the stratigraphy, sedimentary geology, and paleontology and comparisons with the type locality in the pre-Altai Gobi. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 39(10-11):2180-2195 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Carrano]

Secondary references:

17016ETE Z. Dong and P. J. Currie. 1995. On the discovery of an oviraptorid skeleton on a nest of eggs. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 15(3, suppl.):26A [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
12465ETE Z.-M. Dong and P. J. Currie. 1996. On the discovery of an oviraptorid skeleton on a nest of eggs at Bayan Mandahu, Inner Mongolia, People's Republic of China. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 33(4):631-636 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
37480 K. -Q. Gao and L. -H. Hou. 1995. Iguanians from the Upper Cretaceous Djadochta Formation, Gobi Desert, China. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 15(1):57-78 [R. Benson/R. Benson]
37482 K. -Q. Gao and L. -H. Hou. 1996. Systematics and taxonomic diversity of squamates from the Upper Cretaceous Djadochta Formation, Bayan Mandahu, Gobi Desert, People's Republic of China. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 33:578-598 [R. Benson/R. Benson/R. Benson]
34573ETE N. R. Longrich, P. J. Currie, and Z.-M. Dong. 2010. A new oviraptorid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous of Bayan Mandahu, Inner Mongolia. Palaeontology 53(5):945-960 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/R. Benson]
70244 D. J. Simon, D. J. Varricchio, Z. Jin and S. F. Robison. 2019. Microstructural overlap of Macroelongatoolithus eggs from Asia and North America expands the occurrence of colossal oviraptorosaurs. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 38(6):e1553046:1-16 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]