PTRM V89004, Doaks Butte: Late/Upper Maastrichtian, North Dakota
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes
- Hybodontiformes
- Lonchidiidae
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Lissodus selachos
(Estes 1964)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
original and current combination Lonchidion selachos | ||||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Rajiformes
- Rhinobatidae
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Myledaphus bipartitus
Cope 1876
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355 specimens | |||||||||
Acipenseriformes
- Acipenseridae
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cf. Acipenser sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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6 specimens | |||||||||
listed as cf. "Acipenser" | ||||||||||
Actinopteri
- Amiiformes
- Amiidae
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Kindleia fragosa
Jordan 1927
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151 specimens | |||||||||
recombined as Cyclurus fragosus | ||||||||||
Melvius thomasi
Bryant 1987
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5 specimens | |||||||||
Actinopteri
- Lepisosteiformes
- Lepisosteidae
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Lepisosteus occidentalis
(Leidy 1856)
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82 specimens | |||||||||
original and current combination Lepidotus occidentalis | ||||||||||
Actinopteri
- Aspidorhynchiformes
- Aspidorhynchidae
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Belonostomus longirostris
(Lambe 1902)
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5 specimens | |||||||||
Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
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Caudata indet.
Scopoli 1777
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5 specimens | |||||||||
Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Urodela
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Scapherpeton tectum
Cope 1876
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8 specimens | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Ornithomimidae
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Ornithomimidae indet.
Marsh 1890
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5 specimens | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Dromaeosauridae
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Richardoestesia isosceles
Sankey 2001
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10 specimens | |||||||||
Saurornitholestes sp.
Sues 1978
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10 specimens | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Troodontidae
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Troodon sp.
Leidy 1856
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Hesperornithiformes
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Hesperornithiformes indet.
Fürbringer 1888
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Reptilia
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Paronychodon lacustris
Cope 1876
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14 specimens | |||||||||
nomen dubium belonging to Paronychodon | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Caenagnathidae
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Caenagnathidae indet.
Sternberg 1940
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Tyrannosauridae
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Tyrannosaurus rex
Osborn 1905
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17 specimens | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Ceratopsidae
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Ceratopsidae indet.
Marsh 1888
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24 specimens | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Hadrosauridae
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Hadrosaurinae indet.
Lambe 1918
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62 specimens | |||||||||
Reptilia
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Thescelosaurus neglectus
Gilmore 1913
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12 specimens | |||||||||
Leidyosuchus sternbergi
(Gilmore 1910)
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114 specimens | |||||||||
recombined as Borealosuchus sternbergii | ||||||||||
Thoracosaurus neocesariensis
(De Kay 1842)
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5 specimens | |||||||||
Brachychampsa montana
Gilmore 1911
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15 specimens | |||||||||
Lepidosauria indet.
(Haeckel 1866)
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Champsosaurus sp.
Cope 1876
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44 specimens | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Trionychidae
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Trionychidae indet.
Gray 1825
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
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Helopanoplia distincta
Hay 1908
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Nanhsiungchelyidae
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Basilemys sinuosa
Riggs 1906
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Chelydridae
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Chelydridae indet.
Swainson 1839
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Reptilia
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Compsemys victa
(Leidy 1856)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Baenidae
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Baenidae indet.
Cope 1882
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Boremys sp.
Lambe 1906
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Lyson et al. 2011 | 4 specimens | ||||||||
PTRM 2944, neural 7?; PTRM 9406, neural fragment; PTRM 9800, costal 6? fragment; and PTRM 16155, costal fragment | ||||||||||
Plesiobaena antiqua
(Lambe 1902)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Mammalia
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Mammalia indet.
(Linnaeus 1758)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Theria indet.
Parker and Haswell 1897
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Alphadontidae
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Alphadon marshi
Simpson 1927
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Pediomyidae
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Pediomys florencae
Clemens 1966
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1 specimen | |||||||||
recombined as Protolambda florencae | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Stagodontidae
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Didelphodon vorax
Marsh 1889
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Mammalia
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Marsupialia indet.
Illiger 1811
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Multituberculata
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? Multituberculata indet.
Cope 1884
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Multituberculata
- Cimolomyidae
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Meniscoessus sp.
Cope 1882
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2 specimens | |||||||||
? Meniscoessus sp.
Cope 1882
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Meniscoessus robustus
(Marsh 1889)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Multituberculata
- Cimolodontidae
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Cimolodon nitidus
Marsh 1889
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Multituberculata
- Neoplagiaulacidae
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Mesodma thompsoni
Clemens 1964
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1 specimen | |||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | North Dakota | County: | Bowman |
Coordinates: | 45.9° North, 104.0° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 52.2° North, 77.5° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
Altitude: | 891 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: | Hell Creek | ||||
Local section: | Doaks Butte | Local bed: | 81.68 m | ||
Local order: | top to bottom | ||||
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: datum -81.68, K-T section 9906 |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | sandstone |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Environment: | "channel" |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
Metadata
Database number: | 45099 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Carrano, R. Benson | Enterer: | M. Carrano, R. Benson |
Modifier: | G. Varnham | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2004-10-06 06:57:25 | Last modified: | 2022-02-01 07:47:08 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-10-06 06:57:25 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
11749. | ETE | D. A. Pearson, T. Schaefer, K. R. Johnson, D. J. Nichols, and J. P. Hunter. 2002. Vertebrate biostratigraphy of the Hell Creek Formation in southwestern North Dakota and northwestern South Dakota. In J. H. Hartman, J. R. Johnson, and D. J. Nichols (eds.), The Hell Creek Formation and the Cretaceous-Tertiary Boundary in the Northern Great Plains: An Integrated Continental Record of the End of the Cretaceous, Geological Society of America Special Paper 361:145-167 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
41937 | T. R. Lyson, W. G. Joyce, G. E. Knauss and D. A. Pearson. 2011. Boremys (Testudines, Baenidae) from the latest Cretaceous and early Paleocene of North Dakota: an 11 million year range extension and an additional K/T survivor. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 31(4):729-737 [R. Benson/R. Benson] |