PBDB Collection

MOR HC-069, Wankel T-Rex (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as Fort Peck Lake

Where: McCone County, Montana (47.7° N, 106.3° W: paleocoordinates 54.4° N, 79.2° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Hell Creek Formation (Montana Group), Late/Upper Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coarse channel fill; sandstone

• "a low grade, shallow (<2 m deep) sandy meandering channel"

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: soft parts

Collected by K. Wankel, J. Horner, P. Leiggi in 1988–1991

Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ), mechanical,

Primary reference: J. R. Horner and D. Lessem. 1993. The Complete T. rex 1-239 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 157187: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 06.06.2014

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Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
Theropoda - Tyrannosauridae	"Tyrannosaurus regina n. sp." = Tyrannosaurus rex¹ "Tyrannosaurus regina n. sp." = Tyrannosaurus rex¹ Osborn 1905 tyrant lizard king MOR 555/USNM 555000 ("Wankel rex")
Ornithischia - Ceratopsidae	Triceratops sp.² Triceratops sp.² Marsh 1889 ceratopsid MOR 598, 599, 669, 670