Jennifer's Domehead, UCMP V-83049: Maastrichtian, Montana
collected 1983
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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Stygimoloch spinifer
Galton and Sues 1983
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Goodwin et al. 1998 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| synonym of Pachycephalosaurus wyomingensis | ||||||||||
| UCMP 128383 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Montana | County: | Garfield |
| Coordinates: | 47.5° North, 106.9° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 54.4° North, 79.4° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | unpublished field data | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
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
| Formation: | Hell Creek |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Degree of concentration: | dispersed |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | poor |
| Associated major elements: | all |
| Fragmentation: | extreme |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,mechanical,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | UCMP | Collection dates: | 1983 |
Metadata
| Database number: | 48845 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-03-31 08:01:41 | Last modified: | 2009-01-02 13:25:14 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-03-31 08:01:41 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 14263. | ETE | M. B. Goodwin. 1989. New occurrences of pachycephalosaurid dinosaurs from the Hell Creek Formation, Garfield County, Montana. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 9(3, suppl.):23A [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 13015 | ETE | M. B. Goodwin, E. A. Buccholtz, and R. E. Johnson. 1998. Cranial anatomy and diagnosis of Stygimoloch spinifer (Ornithischia: Pachycephalosauria) with comments on cranial display structures in agonistic behavior. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 18(2):363-375 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |