Corral Road [pebbly lag] (DMNH loc. 19383): Maastrichtian, South Dakota
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
|
Reptilia
|
|||||||
|
Testudinata indet.
(Oppel 1811)
|
|||||||
|
Dinosauria indet.
(Owen 1842)
|
|||||||
|
Actinopteri
- Aulopiformes
- Enchodontidae
|
|||||||
|
Enchodus sp.
Agassiz 1835
|
|||||||
|
Actinopteri
- Elopiformes
- Phyllodontidae
|
|||||||
|
Paralbula casei
Estes 1969
|
|||||||
|
Acipenseriformes
|
|||||||
|
Cylindracanthus sp.
Leidy 1856
|
|||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | South Dakota | County: | Meade |
| Coordinates: | 44.5° North, 102.4° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 50.6° North, 75.9° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Maastrichtian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 8 |
| Key time interval: | Maastrichtian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | shelly/skeletal "limestone" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: "discontinuous, pebbly lag deposits located about 50 cm below the concretion horizon."; "coquina lag", possibly reworked | |
| Environment: | deltaic indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Degree of concentration: | -lag |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
| Disassociated major elements: | some |
| Disassociated minor elements: | some |
| Fragmentation: | frequent |
| Spatial resolution: | allochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (float),surface (in situ),field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | White Owl, Enning | ||
| Database number: | 229369 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2023-03-06 12:33:45 | Last modified: | 2023-03-06 12:36:45 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2023-03-06 12:33:45 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 83928. | M. A. Becker, J. A. Chamberlain, and D. O. Terry. 2004. Chondrichthyans from the Fairpoint Member of the Fox Hills Formation (Maastrichtian), Meade County, South Dakota. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 24(4):780-793 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 83927 | J. A. Chamberlain, K. Knoll, and J. J. W. Sertich. 2023. Non-avian theropod phalanges from the marine Fox Hills Formation (Maastrichtian), western South Dakota, USA. PeerJ 11:e14665:1-32 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |