Also known as Homer Quarry
Where: Custer County, Montana (45.7° N, 104.9° W: paleocoordinates 52.2° N, 78.7° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Hell Creek Formation, Late/Upper Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: crevasse splay; paleosol/pedogenic, silty mudstone and fine-grained, green siltstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collected by BMRP in 2005-2007
Collection methods: bulk, surface (in situ), mechanical, sieve,
Primary reference: J. C. Mathews, S. L. Brusatte, S. A. Williams and M. D. Henderson. 2009. The first Triceratops bonebed and its implications for gregarious behavior. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 29(1):286-290 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 88990: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 27.04.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Actinopteri | |
Lepisosteus sp. Agassiz 1843 gar | |
Reptilia | |
Tyrannosaurus sp. Osborn 1905 tyrant lizard | |
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Champsosaurus sp. Cope 1876 choristodere |