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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Ceratopsidae indet. Marsh 1888 ceratopsid | |
"Leidyosuchus sternbergi" = Borealosuchus sternbergii
"Leidyosuchus sternbergi" = Borealosuchus sternbergii Gilmore 1910 crocodilian | |
Champsosaurus sp. Cope 1876 choristodere | |
Mammalia | |
Meniscoessus robustus Marsh 1889 multituberculate | |
Theria indet. Parker and Haswell 1897 mammal | |
Amphibia | |
Scapherpeton tectum Cope 1876 salamander | |
Actinopteri | |
"Kindleia fragosa" = Cyclurus fragosus
"Kindleia fragosa" = Cyclurus fragosus Jordan 1927 bowfin |