Wolf Creek Canyon (MCZ): Albian, Montana
collected by C. Schaff 1975, 1982
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Dromaeosauridae
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Deinonychus antirrhopus
Ostrom 1969
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Parsons and Parsons 2004 | 1 individual | ||||||||
| MCZ 8791 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
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Zephyrosaurus schaffi n. gen., n. sp.
Sues 1980
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1 individual | |||||||||
| MCZ 4392 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Montana | County: | Carbon |
| Coordinates: | 45.5° North, 108.7° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 44.9° North, 63.2° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||||
| Altitude: | 1158 meters | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Early/Lower Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Albian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 4 |
| Key time interval: | Albian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 113.00000 - 100.50000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | brown,red silty sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: "a red-brown silty sandstone" | |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Degree of concentration: | dispersed |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Associated major elements: | some |
| Fragmentation: | frequent |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (float),surface (in situ),mechanical,field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Museum repositories: | MCZ | ||
| Collectors: | C. Schaff | Collection dates: | 1975, 1982 |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Zephyrosaurus type | ||
| Database number: | 69693 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2007-03-01 12:10:42 | Last modified: | 2019-10-18 12:33:01 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2007-03-01 12:10:42 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 23373. | ETE | H.-D. Sues. 1980. Anatomy and relationships of a new hypsilophodontid dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of North America. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 169(1-3):51-72 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 58656 | W. Parsons and K. Parsons. 2004. Postcranial ontogeny of Deinonychus antirrhopus (Saurischia, Theropoda). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 24(3, suppl.):100A [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 70513 | W. L. Parsons and K. M. Parsons. 2015. Morphological variations within the ontogeny of Deinonychus antirrhopus (Theropoda, Dromaeosauridae). PLoS ONE 10(4):e0121476:1-27 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |