Milk River (Cretaceous to of the United States)
Where: Blaine County, Montana (48.6° N, 109.2° W: paleocoordinates 55.5° N, 74.9° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Judith River Formation, Middle Campanian to Middle Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)
Environment/lithology: lacustrine; siliciclastic sediments
• Site 11 is composed of Bentonite with Soda-ash (Alkali) in association, small residues of Kaolinite (poor grade) containing lignitized wood shards, and resin (Amber). The site is a Lake deposit.
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: G. R. Case. 1978. A new selachian fauna from the Judith River Formation (Campanian) of Montana. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 160(Lfg. 1-6):176-205 [J. Kriwet/W. Glaeser/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 69177: authorized by Juergen Kriwet, entered by Wolfgang Glaeser on 20.02.2007
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Taxonomic list
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| Chondrichthyes | |
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Myledaphus bipartitus Cope 1876 guitarfish | |
"Hybodus montanensis n. sp." = Meristodonoides montanensis
"Hybodus montanensis n. sp." = Meristodonoides montanensis Case 1978 elasmobranch | |