PTRM V87009, Pretty Butte: Late/Upper Maastrichtian, North Dakota
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes
- Rajiformes
- Rhinobatidae
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Myledaphus bipartitus
Cope 1876
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5 specimens | ||||||
Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
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Caudata indet.
Scopoli 1777
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3 specimens | ||||||
Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Urodela
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Scapherpeton tectum
Cope 1876
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1 specimen | ||||||
Mammalia
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Mammalia indet.
(Linnaeus 1758)
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1 specimen | ||||||
Mammalia
- Multituberculata
- Cimolomyidae
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Meniscoessus robustus
(Marsh 1889)
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3 specimens | ||||||
Mammalia
- Stagodontidae
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? Didelphodon sp.
Marsh 1889
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1 specimen | ||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Chelydridae
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Chelydridae indet.
Swainson 1839
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1 specimen | ||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
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Helopanoplia distincta
Hay 1908
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1 specimen | ||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Trionychidae
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Trionychidae indet.
Gray 1825
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1 specimen | ||||||
Reptilia
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Thoracosaurus neocesariensis
(De Kay 1842)
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1 specimen | ||||||
Leidyosuchus sternbergi
(Gilmore 1910)
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10 specimens | ||||||
recombined as Borealosuchus sternbergii | |||||||
Reptilia
- Ceratopsidae
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Ceratopsidae indet.
Marsh 1888
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13 specimens | ||||||
Reptilia
- Hadrosauridae
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Hadrosaurinae indet.
Lambe 1918
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6 specimens | ||||||
Reptilia
- Dromaeosauridae
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Richardoestesia isosceles
Sankey 2001
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3 specimens | ||||||
Reptilia
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Champsosaurus sp.
Cope 1876
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6 specimens | ||||||
Actinopteri
- Lepisosteiformes
- Lepisosteidae
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Lepisosteus occidentalis
(Leidy 1856)
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8 specimens | ||||||
original and current combination Lepidotus occidentalis | |||||||
Actinopteri
- Amiiformes
- Amiidae
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Kindleia fragosa
Jordan 1927
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35 specimens | ||||||
recombined as Cyclurus fragosus | |||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | North Dakota | County: | Slope |
Coordinates: | 46.4° North, 104.0° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 52.6° North, 77.3° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
Altitude: | 944 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: | 70.60000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Hell Creek | ||||
Local section: | Pretty Butte | Local bed: | 31.43 m | ||
Local order: | top to bottom | ||||
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: datum -31.43, K-T section 9735 |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | sandstone |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Environment: | "channel" |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Degree of concentration: | concentrated |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Disassociated major elements: | many |
Disassociated minor elements: | many |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
Metadata
Database number: | 45130 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
Modifier: | G. Varnham | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2004-10-06 12:02:28 | Last modified: | 2022-02-01 07:43:58 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-10-06 12:02:28 |
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] |