Brighton ceratopsian (DMNH) (Cretaceous of the United States)

Where: Adams County, Colorado (40.0° N, 104.8° W: paleocoordinates 46.6° N, 80.9° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Denver Formation, Late/Upper Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected in 2003; reposited in the DMNH

Collection methods: quarrying,

Primary reference: K. Carpenter. 2007. "Bison" alticornis and O. C. Marsh's early views on ceratopsians. In K. Carpenter (ed.), Horns and Beaks: Ceratopsian and Ornithopod Dinosaurs 349-364 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 73927: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 12.07.2007

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Ornithischia - Ceratopsidae
Triceratops sp. Marsh 1889 ceratopsid
DMNH 48617