Jones' Site: Campanian, Montana
collected by Linster, Brandvold 1993
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Osteichthyes
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Osteichthyes indet.
Huxley 1880
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| "fish" | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Hadrosauridae
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Maiasaura sp.
Horner and Makela 1979
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| "thousands of bones and a few partial skeletons" | ||||||||||
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= cf. Maiasaura peeblesorum
Horner and Makela 1979
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Burnham et al. 2000 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Ornithomimidae
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Ornithomimidae indet.
Marsh 1890
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Dromaeosauridae
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Saurornitholestes langstoni
Sues 1978
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2 individuals | |||||||||
| FIP 001, 002-036 (13 measurements) | ||||||||||
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= Bambiraptor feinbergi n. gen., n. sp.
Burnham et al. 2000
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Burnham et al. 2000 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Tyrannosauridae
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Tyrannosauridae indet.
Osborn 1906
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Brandvold and Sweeney 1996 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Trionychidae
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Trionychidae indet.
Gray 1825
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| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Montana | County: | Teton |
| Coordinates: | 48.0° North, 112.3° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 55.5° North, 77.8° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Altitude: | 1196 | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Campanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 7 |
| Key time interval: | Campanian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 83.60000 - 72.10000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Montana | Formation: | Two Medicine | Member: | Upper |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: about 2/3 above base of formation - lower part of upper section of formation | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | fine,gray siltstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: "within a 60-cm-thick siltstone layer"; "a layer of fine, gray siltstone about 60 cm thick without evidence of cross-bedding" | |
| Environment: | fine channel fill |
| Geology comments: "low-velocity channel fill" | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Degree of concentration: | dispersed |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Abundance in sediment: | common |
| Articulated whole bodies: | all |
| Fragmentation: | occasional |
| Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,surface (float),surface (in situ),mechanical,field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Collectors: | Linster, Brandvold | Collection dates: | 1993 |
| Taxonomic list comments:also includes two types of eggshell and carbonized wood scraps | |||
Metadata
| Also known as: | Bambiraptor type | ||
| Database number: | 61843 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2006-07-05 06:58:27 | Last modified: | 2023-08-21 10:40:08 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-07-05 06:58:27 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 85693. | M. Brandvold and J. Brandvold. 1996. Taphonomy of the Jones' Site, Two Medicine Formation (Campanian) of north-central Montana with evidence of theropod feeding techniques based on bioturbation. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 16(3, suppl.):23A [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 85694 | J. Brandvold and F. G. Sweeney. 1996. Breakage and wear patterns in Campanian theropod teeth suggesting hammering to crush bones. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 16(3, suppl.) [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 15024 | ETE | D. A. Burnham, K. L. Derstler, P. J. Currie, R. T. Bakker, Z. Zhou and J. H. Ostrom. 2000. Remarkable new birdlike dinosaur (Theropoda: Maniraptora) from the Upper Cretaceous of Montana. University of Kansas Paleontological Contributions 13:1-14 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 54477 | D. Trexler. 2001. Two Medicine Formation, Montana: geology and fauna. In D. H. Tanke & K. Carpenter (ed.), Mesozoic Vertebrate Life: New Research Inspired by the Paleontology of Philip J. Currie 298-309 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |