28 miles south of Lismas (Lismas is now under the Fort Peck Reservoir): Late/Upper Maastrichtian, Montana
collected by Barnum Brown 1908
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Baenidae
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Eubaena cephalica
(Hay 1904)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| AMNH 2604, 2605, 2606 (dentaries) | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Montana |
| Coordinates: | 47.5° North, 106.5° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 54.2° North, 79.5° West |
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 | Member: | Middle Sandstone |
| 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: | survey of museum collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Museum repositories: | AMNH | ||
| Collectors: | Barnum Brown | Collection dates: | 1908 |
Metadata
| Database number: | 123099 | ||
| Authorizer: | R. Benson | Enterer: | R. Benson |
| Modifier: | G. Varnham | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2012-01-11 00:24:55 | Last modified: | 2022-03-28 04:53:06 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2012-01-11 00:24:55 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 704. | E. S. Gaffney. 1972. The systematics of the North American family Baenidae (Reptilia, Cryptodira). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 147(5):245-312 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers/R. Benson] |