Maelestes type locality, Ukhaa Tolgod: Late/Upper Campanian, Mongolia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Cimolestidae
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Maelestes gobiensis n. gen., n. sp.
Wible et al. 2007
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | Mongolia |
Coordinates: | 43.7° North, 100.9° East (view map) |
Paleocoordinates: | 40.9° North, 90.2° East |
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Stage: | Campanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 7 |
Key time interval: | Late/Upper Campanian | ||
Age range of interval: | 83.50000 - 70.60000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Djadokhta | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: "Recent age estimates of the Djadokhta Formation are 75-71 million years" (i.e., late Campanian) |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | lithified "siliciclastic" |
Lithology description: lithology unclear but definitely lithified and siliciclastic based on figured specimen | |
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Taxonomic list comments:remaining fauna not discussed |
Metadata
Also known as: | Between Camel Humps and Sugar Mountain | ||
Database number: | 87870 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2009-03-26 19:51:52 | Last modified: | 2009-03-26 21:51:52 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2009-03-26 19:51:52 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
29530. | J. R. Wible, G. W. Rougier, M. J. Novacek and R. J. Asher. 2007. Cretaceous eutherians and Laurasian origin for placental mammals near the K/T boundary. Nature 447:1003-1006 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |