Turtle City, UCMP V-88027 (Cretaceous of the United States)

Where: Carter County, Montana (45.9° N, 104.8° W: paleocoordinates 52.4° N, 78.0° W)

• coordinate based on unpublished field data

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Hell Creek Formation, Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the UCMP

Primary reference: M. B. Goodwin, E. A. Buccholtz, and R. E. Johnson. 1998. Cranial anatomy and diagnosis of Stygimoloch spinifer (Ornithischia: Pachycephalosauria) with comments on cranial display structures in agonistic behavior. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 18(2):363-375 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 48846: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 31.03.2005

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Theriamorpha - Stagodontidae
Didelphodon sp. Marsh 1889 metatherian
Reptilia
 Testudinata - Baenidae
Eubaena sp. Hay 1908 turtle
 Ornithischia -
"Stygimoloch spinifer" = Pachycephalosaurus wyomingensis
"Stygimoloch spinifer" = Pachycephalosaurus wyomingensis Gilmore 1931 ornithischian
UCMP 147063