Also known as Pteranodon oregonensis holotype site
Where: Lake County, Oregon (43.3° N, 120.1° W: paleocoordinates 42.9° N, 74.8° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Hudspeth Formation, Albian (113.0 - 100.5 Ma)
• Originally referred to as "Upper Chico or Lower Horsetown" formation
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; shale
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by E. L. Packard in 1927; reposited in the USNM
Primary reference: C. W. Gilmore. 1928. A new pterosaurian reptile from the marine Cretaceous of Oregon. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 73(24):1-5 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 92236: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Richard Butler on 04.11.2009, edited by Jonathan Tennant
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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"Pteranodon oregonensis n. sp." = Bennettazhia oregonensis
"Pteranodon oregonensis n. sp." = Bennettazhia oregonensis Gilmore 1928 pterosaur (holotype), nearly complete humerus, two coossified dorsal vertebra, fragment of unidentified bone
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