"Sue" site (PROXY): Late/Upper Maastrichtian, South Dakota
collected by S. Hendrickson, P. Larson 1990

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Amphibia - Temnospondyli
Anura indet. (Fischer von Waldheim 1813)
Gardner and DeMar 2013
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Urodela
Habrosaurus sp. Gilmore 1928
Gardner and DeMar 2013
uncat. FMNH specimens
Scapherpeton sp. Cope 1876
Gardner and DeMar 2013
uncat. FMNH specimens
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Batrachosauroididae
Opisthotriton sp. Auffenberg 1961
Gardner and DeMar 2013
uncat. FMNH specimens
Prodesmodon sp. Estes 1964
Gardner and DeMar 2013
uncat. FMNH specimens
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Albanerpetontidae
Albanerpetontidae indet. Fox and Naylor 1982
Gardner and DeMar 2013
uncat. FMNH specimens
Reptilia
Ornithopoda indet. (Marsh 1881)
Reptilia - Hadrosauridae
Edmontosaurus sp. Lambe 1917
Reptilia - Dromaeosauridae
? Dromaeosauridae indet. Colbert and Russell 1969
Reptilia - Caenagnathidae
? Caenagnathidae indet. Sternberg 1940
1 specimen
    = Caenagnathus sp. Sternberg 1940
Currie et al. 1994
BHM 2033, posterior mandible
Reptilia - Tyrannosauridae
Tyrannosaurus rex Osborn 1905
3 specimens
FMNH PR 2081 (= BHI 2033)
    = Tyrannosaurus imperator n. sp. Paul et al. 2022
Paul et al. 2022
synonym of Tyrannosaurus rex
Reptilia
Testudinata indet. (Oppel 1811)
1 specimen
skull
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:South Dakota
Coordinates: 45.1° North, 102.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:50.9° North, 75.8° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
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:72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Montana Formation:Hell Creek
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:coarse channel fill
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:excellent
Fragmentation:occasional
Temporal resolution:snapshot
Spatial resolution:parautochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:selective quarrying,surface (in situ),mechanical,survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Museum repositories:FMNH
Collectors:S. Hendrickson, P. Larson Collection dates:1990
Metadata
Database number:157189
Authorizer:M. Carrano, P. Holroyd Enterer:M. Carrano, P. Holroyd
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2014-06-06 16:53:38 Last modified:2014-07-01 13:35:58
Access level:the public Released:2014-06-06 16:53:38
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:

54475 K. Carpenter and M. Smith. 2001. Forelimb osteology and biomechanics of Tyrannosaurus rex. In D. H. Tanke & K. Carpenter (ed.), Mesozoic Vertebrate Life: New Research Inspired by the Paleontology of Philip J. Currie 90-116 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
9243 P. J. Currie, S. J. Godfrey, and L. Nessov. 1994. New caenagnathid (Dinosauria, Theropoda) specimens from the Upper Cretaceous of North America and Asia. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 30(10-11):2255-2272 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/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]
82296 G. S. Paul, W. S. Persons, and J. Van Raalte. 2022. The tyrant lizard king, queen and emperor: multiple lines of morphological and stratigraphic evidence support subtle evolution and probable speciation within the North American genus Tyrannosaurus. Evolutionary Biology 49(2):156-179 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
16613ETE D. J. Varricchio. 2001. Late Cretaceous oviraptorosaur (Theropoda) dinosaurs from Montana. D. H. Tanke and K. Carpenter (eds.), Mesozoic Vertebrate Life, Indiana University Press, Bloomington 42-57 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]