Jump Off (SDSM): Late/Upper Maastrichtian, South Dakota
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Ceratopsidae
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Triceratops sp.
Marsh 1889
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1 individual | |||||||||
| SDSM 736, horn cores | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Hadrosauridae
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Trachodon sp.
Leidy 1856
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1 individual | |||||||||
| nomen dubium belonging to Hadrosauridae | ||||||||||
| SDSM 2742, tail vertebrae | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | South Dakota | County: | Harding |
| Coordinates: | 45.5° North, 103.8° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 51.7° North, 77.6° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Altitude: | 951 meters | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Maastrichtian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 8 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Maastrichtian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Lance | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: "lower Lance" | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Fragmentation: | occasional |
| Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,surface (in situ),survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Museum repositories: | SDSM |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Camp Crook, Jumpoff | ||
| Database number: | 179970 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | G. Varnham | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2016-07-05 16:46:13 | Last modified: | 2022-04-07 06:07:32 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2016-07-05 16:46:13 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 55474. | J. D. Bump. 1939. Dinosaurs collected by the School of Mines. The Black Hills Engineer 25(4):228-229 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |