Turtle City, UCMP V-88027: Maastrichtian, Montana
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Stagodontidae
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Didelphodon sp.
Marsh 1889
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Baenidae
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Eubaena sp.
Hay 1908
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Reptilia
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Stygimoloch spinifer
Galton and Sues 1983
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1 specimen | |||||||||
synonym of Pachycephalosaurus wyomingensis | ||||||||||
UCMP 147063 | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Montana | County: | Carter |
Coordinates: | 45.9° North, 104.8° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 52.4° North, 78.0° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | unpublished field data | ||||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Stage: | Maastrichtian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 8 |
Key time interval: | Maastrichtian | ||
Age range of interval: | 72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Hell Creek |
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Degree of concentration: | dispersed |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Preservation of anatomical detail: | poor |
Disassociated major elements: | all |
Fragmentation: | extreme |
Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Museum repositories: | UCMP |
Metadata
Database number: | 48846 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2005-03-31 08:03:46 | Last modified: | 2005-03-31 11:03:46 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-03-31 08:03:44 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
13015. | ETE | M. B. Goodwin, E. A. Buccholtz, and R. E. Johnson. 1998. Cranial anatomy and diagnosis of Stygimoloch spinifer (Ornithischia: Pachycephalosauria) with comments on cranial display structures in agonistic behavior. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 18(2):363-375 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |