Nelson Creek (Cretaceous of the United States)

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

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Ichthyosauria -
Ichthyosauria indet. ichthyosaur
Two isolated centra
 Pterosauria - Azhdarchidae
"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