DinoDex

Holotype

MPC-D 100/18

Deinocheirus mirificus

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Facts

Catalog number
MPC-D 100/18
Institution
Institute of Paleontology, Mongolian Academy of Sciences (MPC)
Year found
1965
Found by
Zofia Kielan-Jaworowska
Locality
Altan Uul III, Nemegt Basin, Ömnögovi
Formation
Nemegt Formation

Images

Cast of the giant forelimbs of the Deinocheirus mirificus holotype MPC-D 100/18 at the Natural History Museum, London.Image credit: Jacek Plewa, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (unmodified except resizing), Natural History Museum, LondonCC BY-SA 3.0 (unmodified)Source (opens in a new tab)

What this specimen preserves

Holotype: MPC-D 100/18

  • Preserved
  • Partial
  • Reconstructed
  • Unknown / not recorded
Region by region (table)
Skeleton regions of Holotype: MPC-D 100/18
RegionState
SkullUnknown / not recorded
MandibleUnknown / not recorded
TeethUnknown / not recorded
Cervical vertebraeUnknown / not recorded
Dorsal vertebraeUnknown / not recorded
SacrumUnknown / not recorded
Caudal vertebraeUnknown / not recorded
RibsUnknown / not recorded
GastraliaUnknown / not recorded
Scapula / shoulder girdlePreserved
HumerusPreserved
Forearm (radius / ulna)Preserved
Hand (manus)Preserved
PelvisUnknown / not recorded
FemurUnknown / not recorded
Tibia / fibulaUnknown / not recorded
Foot (pes)Unknown / not recorded

Excavation history

Mostly giant forelimbs (2.4 m long) with the scapulocoracoids, collected by the 1965 Polish-Mongolian Palaeontological Expedition.

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