MOR CL-016, Middle Dome: Albian, Montana
collected by Makela, Parsons & Parsons 1985, 1996-1998
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Nodosauridae
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Nodosauridae indet.
Marsh 1890
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1 individual | |||||||||
| MOR 1073 | ||||||||||
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= Sauropelta edwardsi
Ostrom 1970
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Parson and Parsons 2002 | |||||||||
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= Tatankacephalus cooneyorum n. gen., n. sp.
Parsons and Parsons 2009
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Parsons and Parsons 2009 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
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Rugocaudia cooneyi n. gen., n. sp.
Woodruff 2012
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Woodruff 2012 | 1 individual | ||||||||
| nomen dubium belonging to Titanosauriformes | ||||||||||
| MOR 334 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Montana | County: | Wheatland |
| Coordinates: | 46.3° North, 109.7° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 45.9° North, 63.8° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| 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: | red mudstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: "red mudstone layers" | |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | medium |
| Associated major elements: | some |
| Disassociated major elements: | some |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,surface (float),surface (in situ),field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Collectors: | Makela, Parsons & Parsons | Collection dates: | 1985, 1996-1998 |
Metadata
| Database number: | 91904 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2009-10-24 09:41:08 | Last modified: | 2022-09-27 15:44:38 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2009-10-24 09:41:08 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 82728. | W. L. Parsons and K. M. Parsons. 2000. A new skull of a nodosaurid from the Cloverly Formation of Montana and its comparison to AMNH 3035, Sauropelta edwardsi. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 20(3 (suppl.)):62A [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 64040 | V. M. Arbour and P. J. Currie. 2016. Systematics, phylogeny and palaeobiogeography of the ankylosaurid dinosaurs. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 14(5):385-444 [G. Lloyd/G. Lloyd/M. Carrano] | |
| 82677 | W. L. Parson and K. Parsons. 2002. Data from new dinosaur material discovered in the Cloverly Formation of central Montana. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 22(3 (suppl.)):95A [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 30949 | ETE | W. L. Parsons and K. M. Parsons. 2009. A new ankylosaur (Dinosauria: Ankylosauria) from the Lower Cretaceous Cloverly Formation of central Montana. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 46:721-738 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 41419 | D. C. Woodruff. 2012. A new titanosauriform from the Early Cretaceous Cloverly Formation of Montana. Cretaceous Research 36:58-66 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/M. Carrano] |