Triceratops Quarry, Licking Ranch: Late/Upper Maastrichtian, South Dakota
collected by W. Stein 2006
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Ceratopsidae
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Triceratops horridus
(Marsh 1889)
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1 individual | |||||||||
| partial skeleton | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | South Dakota | County: | Butte |
| Coordinates: | 45.0° North, 103.1° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 51.1° North, 77.1° West | ||||
| 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
| Geological group: | Montana | Formation: | Hell Creek |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis | ||
| Collectors: | W. Stein | Collection dates: | 2006 |
Metadata
| Database number: | 224486 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | G. Varnham | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2022-03-09 12:52:30 | Last modified: | 2022-03-28 04:49:35 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2022-03-09 12:52:30 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 80625. | W. W. Stein. 2021. The paleontology, geology and taphonomy of the Tooth Draw Deposit; Hell Creek Formation (Maastrictian), Butte County, South Dakota. The Journal of Paleontological Sciences JPS.C.21:0001:1-108 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |