Baynshire

158 occ. 51 taxa (7 genera) 2 countries

Description

The Bayanshiree Formation is a geological formation in Mongolia, that dates to the Cretaceous period. It was first described and established by Vasiliev et al. 1959.

Genera

7 genera

Valid 1 occ. · 101 Ma

Deinocheirus

Dinosaurs

Valid 1 occ. · 101 Ma

Talarurus

Dinosaurs

Valid 1 occ. · 101 Ma

Segnosaurus

Dinosaurs

Valid 1 occ. · 101 Ma

Dendroolithus

Dinosaurs

Valid Formal taxon 1 occ. · 101 Ma

Macroelongatoolithus

Dinosaurs

Valid Formal taxon 1 occ. · 113 Ma

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Map of Cretaceous-aged dinosaur fossil localities of Mongolia. Gobihadros mongoliensis was collected from Bayshin Tsav in Area C. Open squares indicate Late Cretaceous sites, solid squares represent Early Cretaceous localities. Abbreviations: A, Localities of Western Gobi Desert in Mongolia, mainly group of localities of Nemegtian age (early Maastrichtian), Late Cretaceous; B, Localities of Central Gobi Desert in Mongolia, mainly Djadokhtian age (Campanian), Late Cretaceous; C & D- Localities of Eastern Gobi Desert in Mongolia, mainly Baynshirenian age (Cenomanian-Santonian), Late Cretaceous. Figure has been modified from Tsogtbaatar et al. 2014, Figure 1 [24]. © Khishigjav Tsogtbaatar, David B. Weishampel, David C. Evans, Mahito Watabe · CC BY 2.5 · Wikipedia

Temporal range

Triassic

Jurassic

Cretaceous

Paleogene

Neogene

252 201 145 66 0 Ma

Top countries

🇲🇳 Mongolia 157

🇰🇿 Kazakhstan 1

Depositional environments

Terrestrial indet. 79

Fluvial indet. 41

Fine channel fill 26

Channel 4

Floodplain 4

Fluvial-lacustrine indet. 2

Eolian indet. 2

Top collectors

HMNS-GIN 94

SMPE 14

MPE 13

PMPE 9

Korea-Mongolia International Dinosaur Project 6

Mongolian Academy of Sciences 6

SMGE 6

AMNH-MAS 5

N. N. Kalandadze 5

Korean-Mongolian International Expedition 3

KMIDP 2

Collection activity by decade

1940s 31

1960s 11

1970s 29

1980s 11

1990s 170

2000s 162