Hauso 1: Lancian, Montana

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Actinopteri - Amiiformes - Amiidae
Melvius thomasi Bryant 1988
Bryant 1988 1 specimen
UCMP 130287, tooth crowns
Kindleia fragosa Jordan 1927
Database 2005 1 element
Actinopteri - Aspidorhynchiformes - Aspidorhynchidae
Belonostomus sp. Agassiz 1834
Database 2005 1 element
Belonostomus longirostris (Lambe 1902)
Database 2005 1 element
Actinopteri
Teleostei informal indet. U-4
Brinkman et al. 2021 2 specimens
UWBM 106567, one abdominal centrum; UWBM 106574, one abdominal centrum
Osteoglossomorpha indet. Greenwood et al. 1966
Brinkman et al. 2021 1 specimen
= Coriops/Lopadichthys; UWBM 106573, centrum of large size
Actinopteri - Esociformes - Esocidae
Estesesox sp. Wilson et al. 1992
Brinkman et al. 2021 1 specimen
UWBM 106050, dentary
Estesesox foxi Wilson et al. 1992
Wilson et al. 1992 1 element
Actinopteri
Acanthomorpha informal indet. HC-2
Brinkman et al. 2021 1 specimen
UWBM 106572, one first centrum
Actinopteri - Sciaenidae
Platacodon nanus Marsh 1889
Brinkman et al. 2021 1 specimen
UWBM 106019, isolated tooth
Reptilia - Globauridae
Contogenys sloani Estes 1969
Database 2005 1 specimen
UCMP 130741
Reptilia - Chamopsiidae
Haptosphenus placodon Estes 1964
Database 2005 1 specimen
Leptochamops denticulatus (Gilmore 1928)
Database 2005 1 specimen
Reptilia
Palaeosaniwa canadensis Gilmore 1928
Database 2005 1 specimen
Parasaniwa wyomingensis Gilmore 1928
Database 2005 1 specimen
Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758
Database 2005 1 specimen
Reptilia - Troodontidae
Troodon sp. Leidy 1856
Database 2005 1 specimen
Reptilia - Dromaeosauridae
Dromaeosauridae indet. Colbert and Russell 1969
Database 2005 1 specimen
Richardoestesia sp. Currie et al. 1990
Database 2005 5 specimens
Reptilia
Paronychodon sp. Cope 1876
Database 2005 1 specimen
Reptilia - Ceratopsidae
Ceratopsidae indet. Marsh 1888
Database 2005 3 specimens
Reptilia - Testudines
Testudines indet. Batsch 1788
Database 2005 1 specimen
Reptilia - Testudines - Adocidae
Adocus sp. Cope 1868
Database 2005 1 specimen
Reptilia - Testudines
? Emarginochelys sp. (Whetstone 1978)
Database 2005 1 specimen
Plastomeninae indet. (Hay 1902)
Database 2005 1 specimen
Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionychidae indet. Gray 1825
Database 2005 1 specimen
Reptilia
Compsemys sp. Leidy 1856
Database 2005 1 specimen
Compsemys victa (Leidy 1856)
Database 2005 1 specimen
Reptilia - Baenidae
Baenidae indet. Cope 1882
Database 2005 1 specimen
Mammalia - Multituberculata
Paracimexomys sp. Archibald 1982
Donohue et al. 2013 1 specimen
Mammalia - Multituberculata - Cimolomyidae
Meniscoessus robustus (Marsh 1889)
17 specimens
Essonodon browni Simpson 1927
7 specimens
(1 measurement)
Mammalia - Multituberculata - Neoplagiaulacidae
Mesodma sp. Jepsen 1940
Donohue et al. 2013 103 specimens
Neoplagiaulax sp. Lemoine 1882
Donohue et al. 2013 1 specimen
Mammalia - Multituberculata - Cimolodontidae
Cimolodon sp. Marsh 1889
Donohue et al. 2013 47 specimens
Amphibia - Temnospondyli
Scotiophryne sp. Estes 1969
Database 2005 2 specimens
    = Scotiophryne pustulosa Estes 1969
Gardner and DeMar 2013
Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Lonchidiidae
Lonchidion selachos Estes 1964
Database 2005 1 element
Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes - Brachaeluridae
Brachaelurus estesi (Herman 1977)
Database 2005 1 element
Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes - Orectolobidae
Restesia monocuspilatus Wynd et al. 2020
Wynd et al. 2020 1 specimen
UCMP 287579
Squatirhina americana Estes 1964
Database 2005 1 element
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Montana County:Garfield
Coordinates: 47.5° North, 107.2° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:54.3° North, 80.3° West
Basis of coordinate:unpublished field data
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period: Cretaceous Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Maastrichtian 10 m.y. bin: Cretaceous 8
*Epoch:Senonian
Key time interval: Lancian
Age range of interval: 72.1 - 66 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Hell Creek
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: silty sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Lagerst�tten type:concentrate
Degree of concentration:concentrated
Size of fossils:mesofossils
Disassociated major elements:many
Disassociated minor elements:many
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,surface (float),sieve,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:UCMP
Metadata
Also known as:UCMP V-77130, UWBM C1917
Database number:14568
Authorizer:J. Alroy, P. Holroyd, M. Carrano Enterer:J. Alroy, P. Holroyd, M. Carrano
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:1994-04-30 00:00:00 Last modified:2023-08-11 16:16:08
Access level:the public Released:1994-04-30 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
960. J. D. Archibald. 1982. A study of Mammalia and geology across the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary in Garfield County, Montana. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 122:1-286 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Carrano]

Secondary references:

85648 D. B. Brinkman, J. D. Divay, D. G. DeMar and G. P. Wilson Mantilla. 2021. A systematic reappraisal and quantitative study of the nonmarine teleost fishes from the late Maastrichtian of the Western Interior of North America: evidence from vertebrate microfossil localities. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 58(9):936-967 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
39778 L. J. Bryant. 1988. A new genus and species of Amiidae (Holostei; Osteichthyes) from the Late Cretaceous of North America, with comments on the phylogeny of the Amiidae. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 7(4):349-361 [G. Lloyd/G. Lloyd/M. Carrano]
13103 U.C.M.P. Database. 2005. UCMP collections database. University of California Museum of Paleontology [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
46718 S. L. Donohue, G. P. Wilson, and B. H. Breithaupt. 2013. Latest Cretaceous multituberculates of the Black Butte Station local fauna (Lance Formation, southwestern Wyoming), with implications for compositional differences among mammalian local faunas of the Western Interior. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 33(3):677-695 [R. Benson/R. Benson/M. Carrano]
65027 J. D. Gardner and D. G. DeMar. 2013. Mesozoic and Palaeocene lissamphibian assemblages of North America: a comprehensive review. Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments 93:459-515 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd/M. Carrano]
31563ETE R. L. Nydam and B. M. Fitzpatrick. 2009. The occurrence of Contogenys-like lizards in the Late Cretaceous and Early Tertiary of the Western Interior of the U.S.A. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 29(3):677-701 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/P. Mannion]
45321 M. V. H. Wilson, D. B. Brinkman, and A. G. Neuman. 1992. Cretaceous Esocoidei (Teleostei): early radiation of the pikes in North American fresh waters. Journal of Paleontology 66(5):839-846 [M. Bell/M. Bell]
84871 B. M. Wynd, D. G. DeMar, and G. P. Wilson. 2020. Euselachian diversity through the uppermost Cretaceous Hell Creek Formation of Garfield County, Montana, USA, with implications for the Cretaceous-Paleogene mass extinction in freshwater environments. Cretaceous Research 113:104483 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]