Gynnoskus: Lancian, Montana

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Actinopteri - Amiiformes - Amiidae
Amia fragosa Jordan 1927
Database 2005 3 elements
Actinopteri - Lepisosteiformes - Lepisosteidae
Database 2005 2 elements
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Urodela
Database 2005 1 specimen
Reptilia - Testudines
Database 2005 2 specimens
Reptilia
Database 2005 1 specimen
Database 2005 1 specimen
Reptilia - Theropoda
Database 2005 1 specimen
Carrano 2025
Reptilia - Dromaeosauridae
Carpenter 1982 1 specimen
UCMP 125238
Reptilia - Coeluridae
Database 2005 1 specimen
Reptilia - Ceratopsidae
Database 2005 1 specimen
Reptilia - Hadrosauridae
Database 2005 1 specimen
Reptilia - Teiidae
Teiidae indet. Gray 1827
Database 2005 1 specimen
Mammalia - Multituberculata - Cimolomyidae
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Montana County:Garfield
Coordinates: 47.6° North, 106.3° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:58.2° North, 64.4° West (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:unpublished field data
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period: Cretaceous Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Maastrichtian 10 m.y. bin: Cretaceous 8
*Epoch:Senonian
Key time interval: Lancian
Age range of interval: 72.2 - 66 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Hell Creek
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:mesofossils
Disassociated major elements:some
Disassociated minor elements:some
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (float),field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:UCMP
Metadata
Also known as:UCMP V-73089
Database number:14559
Authorizer:J. Alroy, M. Carrano Enterer:J. Alroy, M. Carrano
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2002-05-15 00:00:00 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2002-05-15 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:

960. J. D. Archibald. 1982. A study of Mammalia and geology across the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary in Garfield County, Montana. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 122:1-286 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Carrano]

Secondary references:

12202ETE K. Carpenter. 1982. Baby dinosaurs from the Late Cretaceous Lance and Hell Creek formations and a description of a new species of theropod. Contributions to Geology, University of Wyoming 20(2):123-134 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
14199ETE M. T. Carrano. 2025. Taxonomic opinions on the Dinosauria. [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
13103 U.C.M.P. Database. 2005. UCMP collections database. University of California Museum of Paleontology [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]