Waterline, UCMP loc. V86063 (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as UCMP V-86063

Where: Slope County County, North Dakota (46.4° N, 103.5° W: paleocoordinates 52.5° N, 76.8° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Lower Member (Hell Creek Formation), Lancian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial; sandstone and mudstone

• mudstone, sandstone, clayball conglomerate

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the UCMP

Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ),

Primary reference: P. A. Holroyd and J. H. Hutchison. 2002. Patterns of geographic variation in latest Cretaceous vertebrates: evidence from the turtle component. Geological Society of America Special Paper 361:177-190 [R. Benson/R. Benson]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 137706: authorized by Roger Benson, entered by Roger Benson on 18.12.2012, edited by Matthew Carrano

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Chondrichthyes
 Rajiformes - Rhinobatidae
Myledaphus pustulosus Cook et al. 2014 guitarfish
UCMP 172263, 172296-172297, 172327, 172351
Amphibia
 Caudata - Urodela
Urodela indet. Duméril 1805 salamander
UCMP 172264, 172322, 172349
Reptilia
 Testudinata -
Compsemys victa Leidy 1856 turtle
UCMP 172268, 172293, 172339
 Testudinata - Baenidae
Baenidae indet. Cope 1882 turtle
172256–172267, 172280–172283, UCMP 172313–172319, 172329, 172338, 172348, 172353
Neurankylus sp. Lambe 1902 turtle
UCMP 172285, 172337
Palatobaena sp. Gaffney 1972 turtle
UCMP 172257
Plesiobaena antiquus turtle
UCMP 136554
 Testudines - Chelydridae
Chelydridae indet. Swainson 1839 turtle
UCMP 172284, 172308, 172347
 Testudines - Panchelydridae
Protochelydra sp. Erickson 1973 turtle
UCMP 172258
 Testudines - Adocidae
Adocus sp. Cope 1868 turtle
UCMP 172287
 Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionychidae indet. Gray 1825 softshell turtle
172255, 172269, 172288, UCMP 172309–172311, 172330–172331, 172340, 172346
 Testudines - Nanhsiungchelyidae
Basilemys sp. Hay 1902 turtle
UCMP 172286, 172294–172295, 172324
 Testudines - Macrobaenidae
"Clemmys backmani" = Osteopygis backmani
"Clemmys backmani" = Osteopygis backmani Russell 1934 turtle
UCMP 172307
 Testudines -
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines Batsch 1788 turtle
UCMP 172312
 Crocodylia -
Crocodylia indet. Owen 1842 crocodilian
UCMP 172260, 172292, 172303, 172325, 172334, 172343
 Crocodylia - Alligatoridae
Alligatoridae indet. crocodilian
UCMP 172302, 172333
 Ornithischia - Ceratopsidae
Ceratopsidae indet. Marsh 1888 ceratopsid
UCMP 172271, 172274, 172305
 Ornithischia - Hadrosauridae
Hadrosauridae indet. Cope 1869 hadrosaurid
UCMP 172272–3, 172304, 172321, 172335, 177912
 Saurischia -
Saurischia indet. Seeley 1888 saurischian
UCMP 172270, 172275–9, 172306, 172320, 172344–5
 Choristodera -
Champsosaurus sp. Cope 1876 choristodere
UCMP 172259, 172266, 172289, 172301, 172332, 172336
Actinopteri
 Lepisosteiformes - Lepisosteidae
Lepisosteidae indet. Cuvier 1825 gar
UCMP 172261–172262, 172300, 172342
 Amiiformes - Amiidae
Amiidae indet. Huxley 1861 bowfin
UCMP 172299, 172328
Melvius sp. Bryant 1987 bowfin
UCMP 172265, 172290, 172298, 172341