Emily's Ankle Quarry (EAQ) (Cretaceous to of the United States)

Where: Golden Valley County, Montana (46.1° N, 109.1° W: paleocoordinates 53.1° N, 76.2° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Judith River Formation (Montana Group), Middle Campanian to Middle Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)

• Judithian based on fauna

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; mudstone

Size class: mesofossils

Collection methods: bulk,

Primary reference: R. W. Blob. 1992. B. A. thesis [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 14457: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 15.05.2002, edited by Matthew Carrano

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Chondrichthyes
 Rajiformes - Rhinobatidae
Myledaphus sp.2
Myledaphus sp.2 Cope 1876 guitarfish
 Orectolobiformes - Orectolobidae
Squatiscyllium sp.2
Squatiscyllium sp.2 Cappetta 1980 wobbegong
 Hybodontiformes - Hybodontidae
Hybodus sp.2
Hybodus sp.2 Agassiz 1834 elasmobranch
Reptilia
 Theropoda -
Theropoda "indet. A"3
Theropoda "indet. A"3 Marsh 1881 theropod
 Theropoda - Troodontidae
Troodon formosus3
Troodon formosus3 Leidy 1856 maniraptoran
 Theropoda - Dromaeosauridae
Richardoestesia gilmorei3, Saurornitholestes langstoni3
Richardoestesia gilmorei3 Currie et al. 1990 maniraptoran
Saurornitholestes langstoni3 Sues 1978 maniraptoran
 Testudinata - Baenidae
Boremys sp.2
Boremys sp.2 Lambe 1906 turtle
 Testudines - Trionychidae
Aspideretes sp.2
Aspideretes sp.2 Hay 1904 softshell turtle
 Testudines - Adocidae
Adocus sp.2
Adocus sp.2 Cope 1868 turtle
Mammalia
 Multituberculata - Cimolomyidae
Cimolomys sp.2
Cimolomys sp.2 Marsh 1889 multituberculate
 Multituberculata -
Cimexomys sp.2
Cimexomys sp.2 Sloan and Van Valen 1965 multituberculate
 Multituberculata - Neoplagiaulacidae
Mesodma sp.
Mesodma sp. Jepsen 1940 multituberculate
 Leptictida - Gypsonictopidae
Gypsonictops sp.
Gypsonictops sp. Simpson 1927 eutherian
 Tribosphenida -
Metatheria indet.1
Metatheria indet.1 Huxley 1880 metatherian
1Alroy 2002; 2Fiorillo 1997; 3Fiorillo and Currie 1994