south of Taffy Creek (Claggett) (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as Dog Creek

Where: Fergus County, Montana (47.6° N, 109.4° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 57.5° N, 65.7° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Claggett Formation (Montana Group), Early/Lower Campanian (83.6 - 72.2 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; shale

Size class: mesofossils

Collected by C. H. Sternberg & C. M. Sternberg in 1914

Primary reference: L. M. Lambe. 1915. Report of the vertebrate palaeontologist. Summary report of the Geological Survey Department of Mines for the Calendar Year 1914 1503:116-121 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 187420: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 26.07.2017

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Taxonomic list

Chondrichthyes
 Rajiformes - Rhinobatidae
Myledaphus bipartitus Cope 1876 guitarfish