Littleton (DMNH Loc. 612): Late/Upper Maastrichtian, Colorado
collected by C. Fickle 1992
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Nanhsiungchelyidae
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Basilemys cf. sinuosa
Riggs 1906
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Hutchison and Holroyd 2003 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Tyrannosauridae
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Tyrannosaurus rex
Osborn 1905
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1 individual | |||||||||
DMNH 2827 | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Colorado | County: | Arapahoe |
Coordinates: | 39.6° North, 105.0° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 46.3° North, 81.3° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
Altitude: | 5389 feet | ||||
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: | Denver | ||
Regional section: | Denver Basin | Regional bed: | 3 |
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: | good |
Associated major elements: | all |
Fragmentation: | occasional |
Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | salvage,selective quarrying,mechanical,field collection | ||
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
Museum repositories: | DMNH | ||
Collectors: | C. Fickle | Collection dates: | 1992 |
Collection method comments: discovered by Charles Fickle |
Metadata
Also known as: | Loc. 36 | ||
Database number: | 49538 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Carrano, P. Holroyd | Enterer: | M. Carrano, P. Holroyd |
Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2005-04-19 13:05:45 | Last modified: | 2023-01-19 14:19:56 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-04-19 13:05:45 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
51520. | J. R. Horner and D. Lessem. 1993. The Complete T. rex 1-239 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
13266 | ETE | K. Carpenter and D. B. Young. 2002. Late Cretaceous dinosaurs from the Denver Basin, Colorado. Rocky Mountain Geology 37(2):237-254 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
14441 | ETE | P. A. Holroyd and J. H. Hutchison. 2002. Late Cretaceous and Early Paleocene turtle biogeography: new data from the Denver Basin, Colorado. GSA Abstracts with Programs [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/P. Holroyd] |
26071 | J. H. Hutchison and P. A. Holroyd. 2003. Late Cretaceous and early Paleocene turtles of the Denver Basin, Colorado. Rocky Mountain Geology 38(1):121-142 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd] |