Dracorex type site: Maastrichtian, South Dakota
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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Dracorex hogwartsia n. gen., n. sp.
Bakker et al. 2006
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1 individual | |||||||||
| synonym of Pachycephalosaurus wyomingensis | ||||||||||
| TCMI 2004.17.1 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | South Dakota |
| Coordinates: | 45.1° North, 102.1° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 52.1° North, 75.8° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||
| Altitude: | 25 meters | ||
| 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 | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: middle part of formation | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Degree of concentration: | dispersed |
| Size of fossils: | mesofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Associated major elements: | all |
| Fragmentation: | occasional |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,surface (in situ),mechanical,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 58813 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2006-02-24 14:25:55 | Last modified: | 2006-11-30 16:21:47 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-02-24 14:25:55 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 19309. | ETE | R. T. Bakker, R. M. Sullivan, V. Porter, P. Larson, and S. J. Saulsbury. 2006. Dracorex hogwartsia, n. gen., n. sp., a spiked, flat-headed pachycephalosaurid dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous Hell Creek Formation of South Dakota. In S. G. Lucas and R. M. Sullivan (eds.), Late Cretaceous Vertebrates from the Western Interior. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 35:331-345 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |