Dakota Rose Granite Quarry: Turonian, South Dakota
collected 1953, 2000
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Coniferophyta indet.
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| "gymnosperm wood" | ||||||||||
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Actinopteri
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Teleostei indet.
Müller 1846
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Actinopteri
- Clupeiformes
- Clupeoidei
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Clupeoidea indet.
Cuvier 1817
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Actinopteri
- Aulopiformes
- Enchodontidae
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Enchodus sp.
Agassiz 1835
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Hanks and Shimada 2002 | |||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Crossognathiformes
- Pachyrhizodontidae
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Pachyrhizodus minimus
Stewart 1899
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Hanks and Shimada 2002 | |||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Ichthyodectiformes
- Ichthyodectidae
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Ichthyodectes sp.
Cope 1870
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= Ichthyodectes ctenodon
Cope 1870
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Hanks and Shimada 2002 | |||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Ichthyodectiformes
- Saurodontidae
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Gillicus arcuatus
(Cope 1875)
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Hanks and Shimada 2002 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
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Reptilia indet.
Laurenti 1768
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Reptilia
- Dromaeosauridae
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Dromaeosaurus sp.
Matthew and Brown 1922
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Hanks and Shimada 2002 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Reptilia
- Hesperornithiformes
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Hesperornithiformes indet.
Fürbringer 1888
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Hanks and Shimada 2002 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| shark-bitten tibiotarsus | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Plesiosauria
- Pliosauridae
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? Plesiosauria indet.
de Blainville 1835
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| amphiplatyan vertebrae | ||||||||||
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= cf. Brachauchenius sp.
Williston 1903
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Hanks and Shimada 2002 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Mosasauridae
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Mosasauridae indet.
Gervais 1852
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Hanks and Shimada 2002 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Protostegidae
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Desmatochelys lowi
(Williston 1894)
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1 individual | |||||||||
| original and current combination Desmatochelys lowii | ||||||||||
| CNHM PR 385 (FMNH) | ||||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Rajiformes
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Pseudohypolophus mcnultyi
(Thurmond 1971)
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Hanks and Shimada 2002 | |||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Rajiformes
- Ptychotrygonidae
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Ptychotrygon triangularis
(Reuss 1845)
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Hanks and Shimada 2002 | |||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Eoptolamnidae
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Leptostyrax compressidens
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Hanks and Shimada 2002 | |||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Mitsukurinidae
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Scapanorhynchus raphiodon
(Agassiz 1843)
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Hanks and Shimada 2002 | |||||||||
| recombined as Lamna raphiodon | ||||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Lamnidae
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Isurus sp.
Rafinesque 1810
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Pseudoscapanorhynchidae
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Cretodus crassidens
(Dixon 1850)
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Hanks and Shimada 2002 | |||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Otodontidae
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Cretolamna appendiculata
(Agassiz 1835)
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Hanks and Shimada 2002 | |||||||||
| recombined as Cretalamna appendiculata | ||||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Aquilolamnidae
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Cretomanta canadensis
Case et al. 1990
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Anacoracidae
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Squalicorax sp.
Whitley 1939
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Squalicorax falcatus
(Agassiz 1843)
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Hanks and Shimada 2002 | |||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Cretoxyrhinidae
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Cretoxyrhina mantelli
(Agassiz 1835)
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Hanks and Shimada 2002 | |||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Hybodontiformes
- Ptychodontidae
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Ptychodus janewayii
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Ptychodus anonymus
Williston 1900
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Hanks and Shimada 2002 | |||||||||
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Ptychodus whipplei
Marcou 1858
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Hanks and Shimada 2002 | |||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | South Dakota | County: | Grant |
| Coordinates: | 45.2° North, 96.5° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 44.7° North, 58.8° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Turonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 6 |
| Key time interval: | Turonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 93.90000 - 89.80000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Benton | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: equivalent to Carlisle Shale of Benton Group | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | marl |
| Secondary lithology: | rubbly argillaceous conglomerate |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: "an arkosic chalky marl"; "a basal, marine beach boulder conglomerate...fine sediments from coarse sands to marls are found between and above the boulders...The clat component of the marl seems to be a kaolinitic weathering residuum of the granite [underlying]." | |
| Environment: | shoreface |
| Geology comments: a "marine boulder beach on one of a series of islands" | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Fragmentation: | frequent |
| Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | salvage,selective quarrying,surface (in situ),field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis | Collection dates: | 1953, 2000s |
| Collection method comments: Found during stripping of overburden at a granite quarry. | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Rose Quarry | ||
| Database number: | 181902 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2016-10-07 14:59:06 | Last modified: | 2022-09-21 14:55:59 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2016-10-07 14:59:06 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 60505. | R. Zangerl and R. E. Sloan. 1960. A new specimen of Desmatochelys lowi Williston: a primitive cheloniid sea turtle from the Cretaceous of South Dakota. Fieldiana: Geology 14(2):7-40 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 82658 | H. D. Hanks and K. Shimada. 2002. Vertebrate fossils, including non-avian dinosaur remains and the first shark-bitten bird bone, from a Late Cretaceous (Turonian) marine deposit of northeastern South Dakota. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 22(3 (suppl.)):62A [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |