Castle Butte (USNM): Maastrichtian, Montana
collected by R. Butler
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Hadrosauridae
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Thespesius sp.
Leidy 1856
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| USNM 3814 | ||||||||||
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= Claosaurus sp.
Marsh 1890
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Hatcher 1901 | |||||||||
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= Thespesius annectens
Marsh 1892
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Moodie 1926 | |||||||||
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= Anatosaurus sp.
Lull and Wright 1942
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Lull and Wright 1942 | |||||||||
| synonym of Edmontosaurus | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Montana | County: | Rosebud |
| Coordinates: | 46.4° North, 106.8° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 53.3° North, 79.9° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Maastrichtian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 8 |
| Key time interval: | Maastrichtian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Hell Creek |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,mold/impression,soft parts |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Associated major elements: | all |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection,survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | USNM |
| Collectors: | R. Butler |
Metadata
| Also known as: | L&W locality 26 | ||
| Database number: | 83299 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2008-08-15 10:15:46 | Last modified: | 2019-03-15 15:56:03 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2008-08-15 10:15:46 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 12332. | ETE | F. A. Lucas. 1900. Paleontological notes. Thespesius versus Claosaurus. A new locality for Thespesius. The dermal covering of Thespesius. The dentition of Basilosaurus cetoides. The hyoid of Basilosaurus. The cranial cavity of Basilosaurus. Science 12(308):809-810 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 1808 | J. B. Hatcher. 1901. Some new and little known fossil vertebrates. Annals of Carnegie Museum 1(1):128-144 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Carrano] | |
| 12319 | ETE | R. S. Lull and N. E. Wright. 1942. Hadrosaurian dinosaurs of North America. Geological Society of America Special Paper 40:1-242 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 27970 | ETE | R. L. Moodie. 1926. Studies in paleopathology [second series, II]. Excess callus following fracture of the fore foot in a Cretaceous dinosaur. Annals of Medical History 8:73-77 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 68170 | J. Versluys. 1910. Streptostylie bei Dinosauriern, nebst Bemerkungen über die Verwandtschaft der Vögel und Dinosaurier [Streptostyly in dinosaurs, along with remarks on the relationship of birds and dinosaurs]. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Anatomie und Ontogenie der Tiere 30:175-260 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |