McKeever Ranch, Snow Point (LACM): Late/Upper Maastrichtian, Montana
collected by H. Garbani 1965
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Tyrannosauridae
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Tyrannosaurus sp.
Osborn 1905
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| teeth | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Ceratopsidae
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Triceratops sp.
Marsh 1889
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2 individuals | |||||||||
| 2 skulls (1 not collected, 1 w/partial skeleton) | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Montana | County: | Garfield |
| Coordinates: | 47.6° North, 107.0° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 54.4° North, 80.1° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Maastrichtian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 8 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Maastrichtian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Hell Creek |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,surface (float),surface (in situ),field collection,observed (not collected) | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis | ||
| Museum repositories: | LACM | ||
| Collectors: | H. Garbani | Collection dates: | 1965 |
| Collection method comments: 1 Triceratops not collected. "pieces of other dinosaurs" also mentioned. | |||
| Taxonomic list comments:appears to postdate list of Archibald and Clemens 1984 | |||
Metadata
| Database number: | 162855 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2014-10-06 15:21:16 | Last modified: | 2014-10-06 15:22:35 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2014-10-06 15:21:16 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 53020. | J. R. MacDonald. 1966. The search for the king of the tyrant lizards. Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History Quarterly 4(3):18-22 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 53104 | J. R. Macdonald. 1967. The Tyrannosaurus search goes on. Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History Museum Alliance Quarterly 5(3):12-14 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |