Corral Road [sandstone] (DMNH loc. 19383) (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as White Owl, Enning

Where: Meade County, South Dakota (44.5° N, 102.4° W: paleocoordinates 50.6° N, 75.9° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Fairpoint Member (Fox Hills Formation), Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deltaic; poorly lithified, massive, concretionary, hematitic, brown, white sandstone

• "soft, laminated sandstone...where there is a dense array of hard, well-cemented, dark brown hematitic concretions...The sandstone is white to tan in color, well sorted, and massively bedded, with hummocky and high-angles tangentially cross-stratified beds occurring at some horizons."

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: bulk, surface (float), surface (in situ), anthill,

Primary reference: M. A. Becker, J. A. Chamberlain, and D. O. Terry. 2004. Chondrichthyans from the Fairpoint Member of the Fox Hills Formation (Maastrichtian), Meade County, South Dakota. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 24(4):780-793 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 90926: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 26.08.2009

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Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
 Theropoda - Ornithomimidae
? Ornithomimidae indet.
? Ornithomimidae indet. Marsh 1890 ornithomimid
DMNH EPV.138575, pedal phalanx III-2
Chondrichthyes
 Myliobatiformes - Rhombodontidae
Rhombodus levis
Rhombodus levis Cappetta and Case 1975 stingray
 Rajiformes -
"Ewingia cf. problematica" = Tomewingia problematica
"Ewingia cf. problematica" = Tomewingia problematica Case and Cappetta 1997 ray
 Rajiformes - Sclerorhynchidae
Sclerorhynchus sp., Ischyrhiza avonicola
Sclerorhynchus sp. Woodward 1889 ray
Ischyrhiza avonicola Estes 1964 ray
 Rajiformes - Ptychotrygonidae
Ptychotrygon cf. vermiculata
 Rajiformes -
Protoplatyrhina renae, Pseudohypolophus mcnultyi
Protoplatyrhina renae Case 1978 guitarfish
Pseudohypolophus mcnultyi Thurmond 1971 guitarfish
 Rajiformes - Rhinobatidae
Myledaphus bipartitus
Myledaphus bipartitus Cope 1876 guitarfish
 Carcharhiniformes - Triakidae
Palaeogaleus sp., Galeorhinus cf. girardoti
Palaeogaleus sp. Gurr 1963 hound shark
Galeorhinus cf. girardoti Herman 1977 school shark
 Lamniformes - Odontaspididae
Odontaspis aculeatus
Odontaspis aculeatus Cappetta and Case 1975 sand tiger shark
 Lamniformes - Serratolamnidae
Serratolamna serrata
Serratolamna serrata Agassiz 1838 mackerel shark
 Lamniformes - Carchariidae
Carcharias cf. schwimmeri
 Squatiniformes - Squatinidae
Squatina hassei
Squatina hassei Leriche 1929 angel shark
 Ichnofossils -
Ophiomorpha sp.
Ophiomorpha sp. Lundgren 1891