Where: Fergus County, Montana (47.7° N, 109.0° W: paleocoordinates 54.7° N, 75.1° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Judith River Formation (Montana Group), Middle Campanian to Middle Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: channel lag; sandstone
Size class: mesofossils
Primary reference: R. W. Blob, M. T. Carrano, R. R. Rogers, C. A. Forster, and N. R. Espinoza. 2001. A new fossil frog from the Upper Cretaceous Judith River Formation of Montana. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 21(1):190-194 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 23549: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 16.07.2002, edited by Patricia Holroyd
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Amphibia | |
Scapherpeton sp., Nezpercius dodsoni n. gen. n. sp.
Scapherpeton sp. Cope 1876 salamander | |
Opisthotriton kayi Auffenberg 1961 salamander
Prodesmodon sp. Estes 1964 salamander |