Billy Creek 1 (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as UCMP V-72211

Where: Garfield County, Montana (47.6° N, 107.3° W: paleocoordinates 54.5° N, 80.4° W)

• coordinate based on unpublished field data

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coarse channel fill; sandstone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Reposited in the UCMP

Collection methods: bulk, surface (float), sieve,

Primary reference: J. D. Archibald. 1982. A study of Mammalia and geology across the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary in Garfield County, Montana. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 122:1-286 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 14512: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 15.05.2002, edited by Matthew Carrano and Patricia Holroyd

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• paleomagnetic sections are given by Archibald et al. 1982 and Swisher et al. 1995 but are not very helpful because the locality is from a channel sandstone deeply incised into the formation
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Gnathostomata
  -
Osteichthyes indet.1
Osteichthyes
 Tetrapoda -
Tetrapoda indet.1
Mammalia
 Multituberculata - Neoplagiaulacidae
Mesodma thompsoni1
Mesodma thompsoni1 Clemens 1964 multituberculate
Reptilia
  -
Reptilia indet.1
Reptilia indet.1 Laurenti 1768 reptile
 Testudinata -
Compsemys sp.1, Compsemys victa1
Compsemys sp.1 Leidy 1856 turtle
Compsemys victa1 Leidy 1856 turtle
 Testudinata - Baenidae
Baenidae indet.1, cf. Neurankylus sp.1
Baenidae indet.1 Cope 1882 turtle
cf. Neurankylus sp.1 Lambe 1902 turtle
 Testudines -
Testudines indet.1
Testudines indet.1 Batsch 1788 turtle
 Testudines - Macrobaenidae
Macrobaenidae indet.1, "Clemmys backmani" = Osteopygis backmani1
"Clemmys backmani" = Osteopygis backmani1 Russell 1934 turtle
 Testudines -
Cryptodira indet.1
Cryptodira indet.1 Cope 1868 turtle
 Testudines - Pantrionychidae
"Plastomeninae indet." = Plastomenidae1
"Plastomeninae indet." = Plastomenidae1 Hay 1902 turtle
 Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionychidae indet.1, Trionychinae indet.1
Trionychidae indet.1 Gray 1825 softshell turtle
Trionychinae indet.1 Gray 1825 softshell turtle
 Testudines -
Tullochelys montana2, "? Emarginochelys sp." = Emarginachelys1
Tullochelys montana2 Hutchison 2013 turtle
"? Emarginochelys sp." = Emarginachelys1 Whetstone 1978 turtle
 Testudines - Kinosternoidea
Kinosternoidea indet.1
 Loricata -
Crocodylia indet.1
Crocodylia indet.1 crocodilian
 Crocodylia -
Alligatoroidea indet.1
 Crocodylia - Alligatoridae
Brachychampsa montana1
Brachychampsa montana1 Gilmore 1911 crocodilian
 Crocodylia - Crocodylidae
? Crocodylidae indet.1
 Ornithischia - Hypsilophodontidae
Hypsilophodontidae indet.1
Hypsilophodontidae indet.1 hypsilophodontid
 Theropoda -
Theropoda indet.1
 Choristodera - Champsosauridae
Champsosauridae indet.1
Champsosauridae indet.1 Cope 1876 champsosaur
 Choristodera -
Champsosaurus cf. natator1
Champsosaurus cf. natator1 Parks 1933 choristodere
Actinopteri
 Lepisosteiformes - Lepisosteidae
Lepisosteidae indet.1, Lepisosteus occidentalis1
Lepisosteidae indet.1 Cuvier 1825 gar
Lepisosteus occidentalis1 Leidy 1856 gar
Osteichthyes
 Acipenseriformes - Acipenseridae
Acipenseridae indet.1, Acipenser sp.1
Acipenseridae indet.1 Bonaparte 1831 ray-finned fish
Acipenser sp.1 Linnaeus 1758 sturgeon
1Database 2005; 2Hutchison 2013