PTRM V89003 (Cretaceous of the United States)

Where: Bowman County, North Dakota (46.0° N, 103.8° W: paleocoordinates 52.2° N, 77.3° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• datum -89.40, K-T section 9906

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: crevasse splay; sandstone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: bulk, sieve,

Primary reference: D. A. Pearson, T. Schaefer, K. R. Johnson, D. J. Nichols, and J. P. Hunter. 2002. Vertebrate biostratigraphy of the Hell Creek Formation in southwestern North Dakota and northwestern South Dakota. In J. H. Hartman, J. R. Johnson, and D. J. Nichols (eds.), The Hell Creek Formation and the Cretaceous-Tertiary Boundary in the Northern Great Plains: An Integrated Continental Record of the End of the Cretaceous, Geological Society of America Special Paper 361:145-167 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 45102: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 06.10.2004, edited by Roger Benson, Patricia Holroyd and Richard Butler

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Osteichthyes
 Tetrapoda -
? Tetrapoda indet.1 Jaekel 1911 tetrapod
Reptilia
 Ornithischia - Ceratopsidae
Ceratopsidae indet. Marsh 1888 ceratopsid
 Ornithischia - Hadrosauridae
Hadrosaurinae indet. Lambe 1918 hadrosaurine
 Ornithischia -
Thescelosaurus neglectus Gilmore 1913 ornithopod
 Theropoda - Caenagnathidae
Caenagnathidae indet. Sternberg 1940 maniraptoran
 Theropoda -
Paronychodon lacustris Cope 1876 maniraptoran
 Theropoda - Dromaeosauridae
Richardoestesia isosceles Sankey 2001 maniraptoran
Saurornitholestes sp. Sues 1978 maniraptoran
 Theropoda - Tyrannosauridae
Tyrannosaurus rex Osborn 1905 tyrant lizard king
 Loricata -
"Leidyosuchus sternbergi" = Borealosuchus sternbergii
"Leidyosuchus sternbergi" = Borealosuchus sternbergii Gilmore 1910 crocodilian
 Crocodylia - Gavialidae
Thoracosaurus neocesariensis De Kay 1842 crocodilian
 Crocodylia - Alligatoridae
Brachychampsa montana Gilmore 1911 crocodilian
 Choristodera -
Champsosaurus sp. Cope 1876 choristodere
 Eosuchia -
Lepidosauria indet. Haeckel 1866 lepidosaur
"lizards"
 Testudinata - Baenidae
Boremys sp.3 Lambe 1906 turtle
Mammalia
 Mammalia -
 Theriamorpha - Stagodontidae
Didelphodon sp. Marsh 1889 metatherian
 Multituberculata - Cimolodontidae
Cimolodon nitidus Marsh 1889 multituberculate
 Multituberculata - Cimolomyidae
Meniscoessus sp. Cope 1882 multituberculate
Meniscoessus robustus Marsh 1889 multituberculate
Amphibia
 Temnospondyli - Albanerpetontidae
Albanerpetontidae indet.2 Fox and Naylor 1982 tetrapod
 Caudata -
Caudata indet. salamander
 Caudata - Urodela
Urodela indet.2 salamander
Habrosaurus dilatus Gilmore 1928 siren
Scapherpetontidae "indet. 1"2 Auffenberg and Goin 1959 salamander
"gen. et sp. nov."
Scapherpeton tectum Cope 1876 salamander
Actinopteri
 Lepisosteiformes - Lepisosteidae
 Amiiformes - Amiidae
"Kindleia fragosa" = Cyclurus fragosus, Melvius thomasi
"Kindleia fragosa" = Cyclurus fragosus Jordan 1927 bowfin
Melvius thomasi Bryant 1987 bowfin
 Aspidorhynchiformes - Aspidorhynchidae
 Teleostei -
Teleostei indet. Müller 1846
Chondrichthyes
 Hybodontiformes - Lonchidiidae
"Lissodus selachos" = Lonchidion selachos
"Lissodus selachos" = Lonchidion selachos Estes 1964 elasmobranch
 Rajiformes - Rhinobatidae
Myledaphus bipartitus Cope 1876 guitarfish