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Shar Teg, Altai District, Govi-Altai Province, Mongolia

Lat/Long (Decimal)	44.0722,95.8119
Co-ordinates Derivation	estimated from map
Given Location	Govi-Altay, Mongolia
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates)	Altai District, Govi-Altai Province, Mongolia

Collections

Collection	Reference	Stratigraphic Name	Comments	Lithology	Age
3.2 km south of Ulan Malgait Mtn. [Ulan Malgait Fm.] [SMPE]	Gubin Y. M., Sinitza S. M. (1996)	Ulan Malgait	= Tsagaantsav horizon	siltstone	152.1 - 145 Ma Late Jurassic
Shar Teg, Ulan Malgait Fm. [HMNS-GIN]	Sukhanov V. B. (2000)	Ulan Malgait		not reported	152.1 - 145 Ma Late Jurassic
Ulan Malgait Mtn. [Ulan Malgait Fm., bed 1] [SMPE]	Gubin Y. M., Sinitza S. M. (1996)	Ulan Malgait		sandstone	152.1 - 145 Ma Late Jurassic
Ulan Malgait Mtn. [Ulan Malgait Fm., bed 2] [SMPE]	Gubin Y. M., Sinitza S. M. (1996)	Ulan Malgait	= Tormkhon horizon	sandstone	152.1 - 145 Ma Late Jurassic
Ulan Malgait Mtn. [Ulan Malgait Fm., bed 3] [SMPE]	Gubin Y. M., Sinitza S. M. (1996)	Ulan Malgait		sandstone	152.1 - 145 Ma Late Jurassic
Ulan Malgait Mtn. [Ulan Malgait Fm., bed 4] [SMPE]	Gubin Y. M., Sinitza S. M. (1996)	Ulan Malgait		siltstone	152.1 - 145 Ma Late Jurassic
Ulan Malgait Mtn. [Ulan Malgait Fm., bed 7] [SMPE]	Gubin Y. M., Sinitza S. M. (1996)	Ulan Malgait		sandstone	152.1 - 145 Ma Late Jurassic
Ulan Malgait Mtn. [Ulan Malgait Fm., bed A] [SMPE]	Gubin Y. M., Sinitza S. M. (1996)	Ulan Malgait		sandstone	152.1 - 145 Ma Late Jurassic

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Hierarchy	Age
Ostracoda class	Animalia : Arthropoda : Ostracoda	152.1 - 145 Ma Late Jurassic
Actinopterygii class	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopterygii	152.1 - 145 Ma Late Jurassic
Nuurtherium baruunensis species	Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Cotylosauria : Tritylodontidae : Nuurtherium : *Nuurtherium baruunensis*	152.1 - 145 Ma Late Jurassic
Shartegodon altai species	Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Cotylosauria : Tritylodontidae : Shartegodon : *Shartegodon altai*	152.1 - 145 Ma Late Jurassic
Crocodylia order	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Crocodylia	152.1 - 145 Ma Late Jurassic
Sunosuchus sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Crocodylia : Goniopholididae : *Sunosuchus*	152.1 - 145 Ma Late Jurassic
Dinosauria order	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Dinosauria	152.1 - 145 Ma Late Jurassic
Adzhosuchus fuscus species	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Crocodylia : Adzhosuchus : *Adzhosuchus fuscus*	152.1 - 145 Ma Late Jurassic
Nominosuchus arcanus species	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Eosuchia : Shartegosuchidae : Nominosuchus : *Nominosuchus arcanus*	152.1 - 145 Ma Late Jurassic
Nominosuchus matutinus species	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Shartegosuchidae : Nominosuchus : *Nominosuchus matutinus*	152.1 - 145 Ma Late Jurassic
Shartegosuchus asperopalatum species	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Shartegosuchidae : Shartegosuchus : *Shartegosuchus asperopalatum*	152.1 - 145 Ma Late Jurassic
Testudinata unranked clade	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Protochelys : Testudinata	152.1 - 145 Ma Late Jurassic
Annemys sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Xinjiangchelyidae : *Annemys*	152.1 - 145 Ma Late Jurassic
Annemys latiens species	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Xinjiangchelyidae : Annemys : *Annemys latiens*	152.1 - 145 Ma Late Jurassic
Mamenchisaurus sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Dinosauria : Mamenchisauridae : *Mamenchisaurus*	152.1 - 145 Ma Late Jurassic
Bivalvia class	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia	152.1 - 145 Ma Late Jurassic
Gastropoda class	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda	152.1 - 145 Ma Late Jurassic
Charophyta phylum	Plantae : Charophyta	152.1 - 145 Ma Late Jurassic

References

Gubin Y. M., Sinitza S. M. (1996) Shar Teg: a unique Mesozoic locality of Asia, The Continental Jurassic. Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin 60, 311-318

Sukhanov V. B. (2000) Mesozoic turtles of Middle and Central Asia, The Age of Dinosaurs in Russia and Mongolia, 309-367

Efimov M. B., Gubin Y. M., et al (2000) New primitive crocodile (Crocodylomorpha: Shartegosuchidae) from the Jurassic of Mongolia, Paleontological Journal 34, S238-S241

Kurzanov S. M., Efimov M. B., et al (2003) New archosaurs from the Jurassic of Siberia and Mongolia, Paleontological Journal 37 1, 53-57

Watabe M., Tsogtbaatar K., et al (2004) Report on the Japan-Mongolia Joint Paleontological Expedition to the Gobi desert, 2002, Hayashibara Museum of Natural Sciences Research Bulletin 2, 97-122

Rabi M., Sukhanov V. B., et al (2014) Osteology, relationships, and ecology of Annemys (Testudines, Eucryptodira) from the Late Jurassic of Shar Teg, Mongolia, and phylogenetic definitions for Xinjiangchelyidae, Sinemydidae, and Macrobaenidae, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 34 2, 327-352

Velazco P. M., Buczek A. J., et al (2017) Two New Tritylodontids (Synapsida, Cynodontia, Mammaliamorpha) from the Upper Jurassic, Southwestern Mongolia, American Museum Novitates 3874, 1-35

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