Also known as Flaming Cliffs, Central Asiatic Expedition, Bayn Dzak, Bayan Zag
Where: Omnogov, Mongolia (44.2° N, 103.7° E: paleocoordinates 41.8° N, 92.7° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Bayn Dzak Member (Djadokhta Formation), Late/Upper Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: eolian; red sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by CAE in 1923; reposited in the AMNH
Collection methods: quarrying, surface (float), surface (in situ), mechanical,
• Collection represents entire 1923 collection from this site.
Primary reference: H. F. Osborn. 1924. The discovery of an unknown continent. Natural History 24(2):133-149 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 48927: authorized by Matt Carrano, entered by Matt Carrano on 04.04.2005, edited by Roger Benson and Philip Mannion