PTRM V93022 (Cretaceous of the United States)

Where: Bowman County, North Dakota (46.1° N, 103.8° W: paleocoordinates 52.3° 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 -25.30, K-T section 9317

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: crevasse splay; sandstone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

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: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 45124: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 06.10.2004

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Taxonomic list

Actinopteri
 Amiiformes - Amiidae
"Kindleia fragosa" = Cyclurus fragosus
"Kindleia fragosa" = Cyclurus fragosus Jordan 1927 bowfin
Reptilia
 Choristodera -
Champsosaurus sp. Cope 1876 choristodere
 Ornithischia - Ceratopsidae
Ceratopsidae indet. Marsh 1888 ceratopsid
 Loricata -
"Leidyosuchus sternbergi" = Borealosuchus sternbergii
"Leidyosuchus sternbergi" = Borealosuchus sternbergii Gilmore 1910 crocodilian
Mammalia
 Multituberculata - Cimolomyidae
Meniscoessus robustus Marsh 1889 multituberculate
 Theriamorpha -
Theria indet. Parker and Haswell 1897 mammal
Amphibia
 Caudata - Urodela
Scapherpeton tectum Cope 1876 salamander