NDSFC Loc. LO64, Logan County (NDGS L140 general) (Cretaceous of the United States)

Where: Logan County, North Dakota (46.5° N, 99.6° W: paleocoordinates 51.8° N, 72.6° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Fox Hills Formation, Late/Upper Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: paralic; poorly lithified, fine-grained sandstone

• Shoreline sandstone. Contained tidal-flat marine invertebrates, estuarine invertebrates such as oysters, an occasional freshwater snail (Physa sp.), as well as a mix of vertebrates from multiple habitats.
• Poorly consolidated fine-grained sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by J. Hoganson, J. Erickson in 1999

Collection methods: bulk, sieve

• Repository: North Dakota State Fossil Collection at the North Dakota Heritage Center (State Museum)

Primary reference: J. W. Hoganson and J. M. Erickson. 2005. A new species of Ischyodus (Chondrichthyes: Holocephali: Callorhynchidae) from upper Maastrichtian shallow marine facies of the Fox Hills and Hell Creek formations, Williston Basin, North Dakota, USA. Palaeontology 48(4):709-721 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 213589: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 06.09.2020

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Chondrichthyes
 Synechodontiformes - Palaeospinacidae
Synechodus turneri2 Case 1987 elasmobranch
 Squatiniformes - Squatinidae
Squatina hassei2 Leriche 1929 angel shark
 Squaliformes - Squalidae
Squalus ballingsloevensis2 Siverson 1993 dogfish shark
 Lamniformes - Odontaspididae
"Carcharias cf. tenuiplicatus" = Eostriatolamia tenuiplicatus2, Odontaspis aculeatus2
"Carcharias cf. tenuiplicatus" = Eostriatolamia tenuiplicatus2 Cappetta and Case 1975 sand tiger shark
Odontaspis aculeatus2 Cappetta and Case 1975 sand tiger shark
 Lamniformes - Serratolamnidae
Serratolamna serrata2 Agassiz 1838 mackerel shark
 Lamniformes - Carchariidae
Carcharias samhammeri2 Cappetta and Case 1975 sand shark
 Lamniformes - Alopiidae
Paranomotodon toddi2 Case and Cappetta 1997 thresher shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Triakidae
Galeorhinus girardoti2 Herman 1977 school shark
Palaeogaleus navarroensis2 Case and Cappetta 1997 hound shark
 Orectolobiformes - Ginglymostomatidae
Plicatoscyllium derameei2 Case and Cappetta 1997 nurse shark
 Orectolobiformes - Orectolobidae
Cretorectolobus olsoni2 Case 1978 wobbegong
 Rajiformes - Ptychotrygonidae
Ptychotrygon winni2 Case and Cappetta 1997 ray
 Rajiformes - Sclerorhynchidae
Ischyrhiza avonicola2 Estes 1964 ray
 Rajiformes -
Protoplatyrhina renae2 Case 1978 guitarfish
Pseudohypolophus mcnultyi2 Thurmond 1971 guitarfish
 Rajiformes - Rhinobatidae
Myledaphus sp.2 Cope 1876 guitarfish
 Myliobatiformes - Rhombodontidae
Rhombodus levis2 Cappetta and Case 1975 stingray
 Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
"Myliobatis" foxhillsensis n. sp.2 Hoganson et al. 2019 eagle ray
 Chimaeriformes -
Chimaeriformes indet. Obruchev 1953 chimaera
ND 99-6
 Chimaeriformes - Callorhynchidae
Ischyodus rayhaasi n. sp. Hoganson and Erickson 2005 plownose chimaera
ND 99-6.1, L mandible (holotype)
Amphibia
 Caudata - Urodela
Lisserpeton bairdi1 Estes 1965 salamander
 Proteida - Batrachosauroididae
Opisthotriton kayi1 Auffenberg 1961 salamander
Actinopteri
 Amiiformes - Amiidae
Cyclurus fragosus2 Jordan 1927 bowfin
 Lepisosteiformes - Lepisosteidae
Lepisosteidae indet.2 Cuvier 1825 gar
 Ichthyodectiformes - Ichthyodectidae
Xiphactinus vetus2 Leidy 1856
 Siluriformes - Ariidae
Vorhisia vulpes2 Frizzell 1965 Ariid catfish
 Kurtiformes - Apogonidae
"Apogonidarum" maastrichtiensis2 Nolf and Stringer 1996 Cardinalfish
 Aulopiformes - Enchodontidae
Enchodus dirus2 Leidy 1857
 Argentiniformes - Microstomatidae
cf. Bathylagus sp.2 Günther 1878
 Elopiformes - Phyllodontidae
Paralbula casei2 Estes 1969
 Albuliformes - Albulidae
Pollerspoeckia siegsdorfensis2 Schwarzhans 2010 bonefish
 Aspidorhynchiformes - Aspidorhynchidae
 Pachycormiformes - Pachycormidae
Protosphyraena sp.2 Leidy 1857