MOR locality HC-517: Late/Upper Maastrichtian, Montana
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Pachycephalosauridae
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Platytholus clemensi n. gen., n. sp.
Horner et al. 2023
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| MOR 2915 - holotype | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Montana | County: | Garfield |
| Coordinates: | 47.7° North, 107.2° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 54.5° North, 80.2° 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
| Formation: | Hell Creek | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: lower third of the Hell Creek Formation | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | siltstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: locally slumped siltstone lens | |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | MOR HC-517; Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge | ||
| Database number: | 230093 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Mannion | Enterer: | P. Mannion | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2023-05-03 11:52:50 | Last modified: | 2023-05-03 11:52:50 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2023-05-03 11:52:50 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 84639. | J. R. Horner, M. B. Goodwin, and D. C. Evans. 2023. A new pachycephalosaurid from the Hell Creek Formation, Garfield County, Montana, U.S.A. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology e2190369:1-14 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] |