Where: Fall River County, South Dakota (43.0° N, 103.3° W: paleocoordinates 49.6° N, 71.1° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Sharon Springs Member (Pierre Shale Formation), Early/Lower Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)
• 0.76-0.91 m above 2nd bentonite stringer
• group of beds-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 94645: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Richard Butler on 05.03.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Pteranodon longiceps Marsh 1876 pterosaur SDSM 69039, wing fragments. SDSM 69040, jaw fragment, carpal, distal phalanx
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Actinopteri | |
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