Clam Hollow (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as UCMP V-76138

Where: Garfield County, Montana (47.6° N, 107.0° W: paleocoordinates 54.4° N, 80.1° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; mudstone

Size class: mesofossils

Reposited in the UCMP

Collection methods: surface (float),

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: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 14520: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 15.05.2002, edited by Matthew Carrano

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gnathostomata
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Mammalia
 Multituberculata - Cimolomyidae
Essonodon browni Simpson 1927 multituberculate
Reptilia
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Reptilia indet. Laurenti 1768 reptile
 Testudinata - Baenidae
Baenidae indet. Cope 1882 turtle
 Testudines -
Testudines indet. Batsch 1788 turtle
 Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionychidae indet. Gray 1825 softshell turtle
 Dinosauria -
Dinosauria indet. Owen 1842 dinosaur
eggshell
 Ornithischia - Hadrosauridae
Hadrosauridae indet. Cope 1869 hadrosaurid
Actinopteri
 Amiiformes - Amiidae
Melvius thomasi Bryant 1987 bowfin
 Lepisosteiformes - Lepisosteidae
Lepisosteus sp. Agassiz 1843 gar