PTRM V87009, Pretty Butte (Cretaceous of the United States)

Where: Slope County, North Dakota (46.4° N, 104.0° W: paleocoordinates 52.6° 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 -31.43, K-T section 9735

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: "channel"; 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 45130: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 06.10.2004

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Taxonomic list

Chondrichthyes
 Rajiformes - Rhinobatidae
Myledaphus bipartitus Cope 1876 guitarfish
Actinopteri
 Amiiformes - Amiidae
"Kindleia fragosa" = Cyclurus fragosus
"Kindleia fragosa" = Cyclurus fragosus Jordan 1927 bowfin
 Lepisosteiformes - Lepisosteidae
Mammalia
 Mammalia -
 Tribosphenida - Stagodontidae
? Didelphodon sp. Marsh 1889 metatherian
 Multituberculata - Cimolomyidae
Meniscoessus robustus Marsh 1889 multituberculate
Reptilia
 Crocodylia - Gavialidae
Thoracosaurus neocesariensis De Kay 1842 crocodilian
 Loricata -
"Leidyosuchus sternbergi" = Borealosuchus sternbergii
"Leidyosuchus sternbergi" = Borealosuchus sternbergii Gilmore 1910 crocodilian
 Theropoda - Dromaeosauridae
Richardoestesia isosceles Sankey 2001 maniraptoran
 Ornithischia - Ceratopsidae
Ceratopsidae indet. Marsh 1888 ceratopsid
 Ornithischia - Hadrosauridae
Hadrosaurinae indet. Lambe 1918 hadrosaurine
 Choristodera -
Champsosaurus sp. Cope 1876 choristodere
 Testudines - Pantrionychidae
Helopanoplia distincta Hay 1908 turtle
 Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionychidae indet. Gray 1825 softshell turtle
 Testudines - Chelydridae
Chelydridae indet. Swainson 1839 turtle
Amphibia
 Caudata -
Caudata indet. salamander
 Caudata - Urodela
Scapherpeton tectum Cope 1876 salamander