Palaeontology assistant and student Mainbayar Buuvei excavates a dinosaur fossil.

Australian Geographic editor John Pickrell with the newly discovered jawbone of a carnivorous tyrannosaur called Alectrosaurus.

A collection of bones of a small carnivore.

Mainbayyar Buuvei and Australian Geographic editor John Pickrell wrap the Alectrosaurus jaw in plaster and hessian to ensure it travels safely back to Ulaanbaatar for preparation.

The partial jawbone and attached tooth of a carnivorous Alectrosaurus was an exciting discovery.

Palaeontology assistant and student Mainbayar Buuvei faces off with the compressed fossil skull of a Proroceratops.

Dig participants including Clint Coker (at centre of back row) and Doug Miller; and (in front row, L-R) John Pickrell, Margaret Thacker, Robbin Waterhouse and Dr Tsogtbaatar.

Renowned Mongolian dionsaur hunter Dr Tsogtbaatar Khishigjav spends months of each year in the Gobi.

A number of sites in the eastern Gobi have numerous dinosaur footprints and trackways preserved.

These photos were taken during the AGS 2015 Gobi desert expedition –  in addition to taking these photos, AG editor John Pickrell wrote about the experience. Our 2016 expedition to the Gobi will take place in September. Sign up here.

The vertebra or backbone of a hadrosaur.

A traditional Mongolian ger or yurt was at the centre of our camp and provided essential shelter from violent sandstorms. 

Shaped by the flow of water, erosional ‘badland’ environments in the Gobi Desert are a brilliant source of Cretaceuous-era fossils.

Government House at the centre of capital city, Ulaanbaatar, is the home of the Mongolian parliament. The city’s sprawling ger district can be seen on the distant hills.

Duck-billed hadrosaur Saurolophus on display at a shopping mall in Ulaanbaatar.

The claw of a small carnivorous dinosaur was one of many great finds on the AGS Gobi Desert scientific expedition. 

Goggles, hats and bandanas helped to keep the sand and dust out. 

Dr Tsogtbaatar regales the crew with tales of dinosaur hunting in the ger at the end of the day.

The palaeontological tools of the trade.

A roaring fire helped stave off the cold that rapidly enveloped the camp at night. 

Camels are a common sight and provide a good source of wool for insulating the gers of their owners.