Conning Tower W1, UCMP loc. V.86050 (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as UCMP V-86050

Where: Slope County County, North Dakota (46.4° N, 103.5° W: paleocoordinates 52.5° N, 76.8° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Hell Creek Formation, Lancian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: fluvial; massive lithology not reported

• MASSIVE CHANNEL COMPLEX

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the UCMP

Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ),

Primary reference: P. A. Holroyd and J. H. Hutchison. 2002. Patterns of geographic variation in latest Cretaceous vertebrates: evidence from the turtle component. Geological Society of America Special Paper 361:177-190 [R. Benson/R. Benson]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 137704: authorized by Roger Benson, entered by Roger Benson on 18.12.2012

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Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
 Ornithischia - Ceratopsidae
Ceratopsidae indet.
Ceratopsidae indet. Marsh 1888 ceratopsid
UCMP 177937
 Ornithischia - Hadrosauridae
Hadrosauridae indet.
Hadrosauridae indet. Cope 1869 hadrosaurid
UCMP 177936
 Saurischia -
Saurischia indet.
Saurischia indet. Seeley 1888 saurischian
UCMP 177938
 Crocodylia -
Crocodylia indet.
Crocodylia indet. Owen 1842 crocodilian
UCMP 177933–177934
 Choristodera -
Champsosaurus sp.
Champsosaurus sp. Cope 1876 choristodere
UCMP 177935
 Testudines - Pantrionychidae
Helopanoplia distincta
Helopanoplia distincta Hay 1908 turtle
UCMP 177928
 Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionychidae indet.
Trionychidae indet. Gray 1825 softshell turtle
UCMP 177926–177927
 Testudines - Kinosternoidea
Kinosternoidea indet.
Kinosternoidea indet. mud turtle
UCMP 177929
 Testudines - Adocidae
Adocus sp.
Adocus sp. Cope 1868 turtle
UCMP 177931–177932
 Testudinata - Baenidae
Baenidae indet.
Baenidae indet. Cope 1882 turtle
UCMP 177930
Actinopteri
 Amiiformes - Amiidae
Melvius sp.
Melvius sp. Bryant 1987 bowfin
UCMP 177925
 Lepisosteiformes - Lepisosteidae
Lepisosteus sp.
Lepisosteus sp. Agassiz 1843 gar
UCMP 177920–177924