Worm Coulee 5 (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as UCMP V75162; UWBM C1370; UCMP V-75162; MOR HC-656

Where: Garfield County, Montana (47.6° N, 107.0° W: paleocoordinates 54.5° N, 79.5° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Hell Creek Formation, Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: mesofossils

Reposited in the UCMP

Primary reference: M. V. H. Wilson, D. B. Brinkman, and A. G. Neuman. 1992. Cretaceous Esocoidei (Teleostei): early radiation of the pikes in North American fresh waters. Journal of Paleontology 66(5):839-846 [M. Bell/M. Bell]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 227221: authorized by Patricia Holroyd, entered by Patricia Holroyd on 22.09.2022, edited by Matthew Carrano

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Taxonomic list

Actinopteri
 Teleostei -
Teleostei "indet. U-4" Müller 1846
MOR 9417, one abdominal centrum; MOR 9421, one abdominal centrum
Osteoglossomorpha indet. Greenwood et al. 1966
= Coriops/Lopadichthys; MOR 9418, centrum of small size; MOR 9435, centrum of large size; MOR 9437, centrum of small size; MOR 9441, centrum of large size
 Osteoglossiformes -
? Wilsonichthys sp. Murray et al. 2016
MOR 9438, centrum type BvA
 Acanthomorphata -
"Acanthomorpha "indet. HC-1"" = Acanthomorphata
"Acanthomorpha "indet. HC-1"" = Acanthomorphata Rosen 1973
MOR 9429, one abdominal centrum; MOR 9432, one abdominal centrum
 Salmoniformes -
Esocoidei indet. Berg 1936
 Esociformes - Esocidae
Estesesox foxi Wilson et al. 1992
MOR 9424, centrum type NvC
 Gonorhynchiformes - Gonorhynchidae
Notogoneus sp. Cope 1885
MOR 9440, one caudal centrum