Sandy Overlook, UCMP loc. V86101 (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as UCMP V-86101

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: terrestrial; ferruginous sandstone

• IRONSTONE INTERBEDDED WITH CHANNEL SAND

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 137728: authorized by Roger Benson, entered by Roger Benson on 18.12.2012, edited by Matthew Carrano

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
 Testudinata -
Compsemys victa
Compsemys victa Leidy 1856 turtle
UCMP 172167, 172382
 Testudinata - Baenidae
Baenidae indet., Palatobaena sp.
Baenidae indet. Cope 1882 turtle
UCMP 137356, 172164– 172165, 172361–172362, 172381
Palatobaena sp. Gaffney 1972 turtle
UCMP 137358
 Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionychidae indet.
Trionychidae indet. Gray 1825 softshell turtle
UCMP 172169, 172354, 172379
 Testudines - Adocidae
Adocus sp.
Adocus sp. Cope 1868 turtle
UCMP 172166
 Testudines - Kinosternoidae
Kinosternoidae indet.
Kinosternoidae indet. Holroyd and Hutchison 2002 turtle
UCMP 137359, 137360
 Testudines - Nanhsiungchelyidae
Basilemys sp.
Basilemys sp. Hay 1902 turtle
UCMP 172168
 Testudines -
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines Batsch 1788 turtle
UCMP 172163
 Crocodylia -
Crocodylia indet.
Crocodylia indet. Owen 1842 crocodilian
UCMP 172162, 172378
 Ornithischia - Ceratopsidae
Ceratopsidae indet., Triceratops sp.
Ceratopsidae indet. Marsh 1888 ceratopsid
UCMP 172170, 172376
Triceratops sp. Marsh 1889 ceratopsid
UCMP 172363
 Ornithischia - Hadrosauridae
Hadrosauridae indet.
Hadrosauridae indet. Cope 1869 hadrosaurid
UCMP 172369
Aves
 Aves -
Aves indet.
Aves indet. bird
UCMP 172367, 172377
Reptilia
 Theropoda - Tyrannosauridae
Tyrannosaurus rex
Tyrannosaurus rex Osborn 1905 tyrant lizard king
UCMP 172366
 Saurischia -
Saurischia indet.
Saurischia indet. Seeley 1888 saurischian
UCMP 172364–172365, 172368
 Choristodera -
Champsosaurus sp.
Champsosaurus sp. Cope 1876 choristodere
UCMP 172356
Amphibia
 Salientia -
Anura indet.
Anura indet. Fischer von Waldheim 1813 frog
UCMP 137357
 Caudata - Urodela
Urodela indet.
Urodela indet. Duméril 1805 salamander
UCMP 172355
Actinopteri
 Amiiformes - Amiidae
Amiidae indet., Melvius thomasi
Amiidae indet. Huxley 1861 bowfin
UCMP 172360, 172383
Melvius thomasi Bryant 1987 bowfin
UCMP 172160, 172359
 Lepisosteiformes - Lepisosteidae
Lepisosteidae indet.
Lepisosteidae indet. Cuvier 1825 gar
UCMP 172161
Chondrichthyes
 Rajiformes - Rhinobatidae
Myledaphus pustulosus
Myledaphus pustulosus Cook et al. 2014 guitarfish
UCMP 172358