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Johnson Quarry, Sonid Left Banner (Sunite Zuoqi), Xilingol League (Xilinguole Prefecture), Inner Mongolia, China

Lat/Long (Decimal)	43.7417,112.183
Co-ordinates Derivation	based on nearby landmark
Given Location	Nei Mongol, China
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates)	Sonid Left Banner (Sunite Zuoqi), Xilingol League (Xilinguole Prefecture), Inner Mongolia, China

Collections

Collection	Reference	Stratigraphic Name	Comments	Lithology	Age
Johnson Quarry, Iren Dabasu	Gilmore C. W. (1933)	Iren Dabasu	The Iren Dabasu Formation is Middle–Late Campanian according to Xing et al. 2012	not reported	83.5 - 70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Hierarchy	Age
Bactrosaurus johnsoni species	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Dinosauria : Bactrosaurus : *Bactrosaurus johnsoni*	83.5 - 70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Ornithischia unranked clade	Animalia : Chordata : Ornithischia	83.5 - 70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Crocodylia order	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Crocodylia	83.5 - 70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Trionychidae family	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Trionychidae	83.5 - 70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Archaeornithomimus asiaticus species	Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Avetheropoda : Ornithomimidae : Archaeornithomimus : *Archaeornithomimus asiaticus*	83.5 - 70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Saurischia unranked clade	Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia	83.5 - 70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Bivalvia class	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia	83.5 - 70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous

References

Andrews R. C. (1932) , The New Conquest of Central Asia: A Narrative of the Explorations of the Central Asiatic Expeditions ni Mongolia and China, 1921-1930. Natural History of Central Asia 1, 1-678

Gilmore C. W. (1933) On the dinosaurian fauna of the Iren Dabasu Formation, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 68 2-3, 23-78

Godefroit P., Dong Z.-M., et al (1998) New Bactrosaurus (Dinosauria: Hadrosauroidea) material from Iren Dabasu (Inner Mongolia, P. R. China), Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Sciences de la Terre 68 supplement, 3-70

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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