ammonites
Shiljust-Ula (SMPE) (Cretaceous of Mongolia)

Also known as Soviet-Mongolian Paleontological Expedition, Shilt-Ula

Where: Omnogov, Mongolia (42.5° N, 105.3° E: paleocoordinates 40.5° N, 94.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Barun Goyot Formation, Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: wet floodplain; coarse-grained, ferruginous, red sandstone

• "ponds on an alluvial plain"
• "red beds"; "The iron stained eggs occur in red, coarse-grained sands and gravels"

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by SMPE in 1989

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: 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] more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 65334: authorized by Matt Carrano, entered by Matt Carrano on 21.09.2006