W side Colville River (UAM #AK-493-V-001) (Cretaceous of the United States)

Where: North Slope County, Alaska (69.9° N, 151.2° W: paleocoordinates 82.2° N, 126.8° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Prince Creek Formation (Colville Group), Early/Lower Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)

• Ar/Ar date of 71-72 My

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: surface (float),

Primary reference: R. A. Gangloff, A. R. Fiorillo, and D. W. Norton. 2005. The first pachycephalosaurine (Dinosauria) from the paleo-Arctic of Alaska and its paleogeographic implications. Journal of Paleontology 79(5):997-1001 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 53494: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 09.09.2005

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Ornithischia - Pachycephalosauridae
Alaskacephale gangloffi n. gen. n. sp.
Alaskacephale gangloffi n. gen. n. sp. Sullivan 2006 ornithischian
UAM #AK-493-V-001