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
Basilemys cf. sinuosa Riggs 1906
Hutchison and Holroyd 2003
Reptilia - Tyrannosauridae
Tyrannosaurus rex Osborn 1905
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:

13266ETE 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]
14441ETE 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]