Where: Pennington County, South Dakota (43.9° N, 102.3° W: paleocoordinates 49.5° N, 70.0° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Sharon Springs Member (Pierre Shale Formation), Early/Lower Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)

• 0.74 m below the base of the 2nd bentonite stringer

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deep-water; shale

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the SDSM

Primary reference: J. Hargrave. 2007. Pteranodon (Reptilia: Pterosauria): stratigraphic distribution and taphonomy in the lower Pierre Shale Group (Campanian), western South Dakota and eastern Wyoming. Geological Society of America Special Paper 427:215-225 [R. Butler/R. Butler]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taphonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 94635: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Richard Butler on 05.03.2010

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