Westmoor Golf Course: Late/Upper Maastrichtian, Colorado
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
- Baenidae
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Neurankylus sp.
Lambe 1902
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Hutchison and Holroyd 2003 | |||||||||
from DMNH loc 2368 | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
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Cryptodira indet.
(Cope 1868)
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Hutchison and Holroyd 2003 | |||||||||
from DMNH loc 2370 | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Nodosauridae
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Nodosauridae indet.
Marsh 1890
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1 specimen | |||||||||
DMNH 39036, scute | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Ceratopsidae
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Ceratopsidae indet.
Marsh 1888
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1 specimen | |||||||||
DMNH 25914, braincase | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Colorado | County: | Adams |
Coordinates: | 39.9° North, 105.1° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 46.6° North, 81.3° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
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 |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Museum repositories: | DMNH |
Metadata
Also known as: | Loc. 18, DMNH Locs. 2366, 2367, 2368, 2369, 2370, 2371 | ||
Database number: | 49551 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Carrano, P. Holroyd | Enterer: | M. Carrano, P. Holroyd |
Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2005-04-19 14:22:41 | Last modified: | 2023-01-19 14:09:55 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-04-19 14:22:41 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
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] |
Secondary references:
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] |