Also known as T. maximus type
Where: McCone County, Montana (47.7° N, 106.2° W: paleocoordinates 54.5° N, 78.6° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Hell Creek Formation, Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)
• found in the "basal sandstones of the Hell Creek Beds"
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by B. Brown & P. Kaisen in 1909; reposited in the AMNH
Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ), mechanical,
Primary reference: H. F. Osborn. 1910. Department of Vertebrate Palaeontology. Forty-First Annual Report of the American Museum of Natural History for the Year 1909 71-72 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 35510: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 18.12.2003
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Triceratops maximus n. sp.
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