Also known as Tatanka Yotanka's grave site

Where: Corson County, South Dakota (45.5° N, 100.5° W: paleocoordinates 51.2° N, 73.4° W)

When: Baculites grandis ammonoid zone, Early/Lower Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: basinal (); bentonitic shale

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, concretion, replaced with phosphate

Collected by Bishop in 1978

Primary reference: G.A. Bishop. 1978. Two New Crabs, Sodakus tatankayotankaensis n. gen., n. sp. and Raninella oaheensis n. sp. (Crustacea, Decapoda), from the Upper Cretaceous Pierre Shale of South Dakota. Journal of Paleontology 52(3):608-617 [M. Clapham/D. Sammanna]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 235356: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Diya Sammanna on 02.07.2024

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