Celeste's Magnificent Microsite (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as UCMP V-99369, UWBM C1115, MOR HC-293; UCMP V99369

Where: Garfield County, Montana (47.6° N, 106.9° W: paleocoordinates 54.4° N, 80.0° W)

• coordinate based on unpublished field data

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• within lower three-quarters of Hell Creek Formation from approximately 76.4 to 19.5 m below the Hell Creek–Tullock formational contact

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: crevasse splay; silty sandstone

• "silty sandstone?"

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Reposited in the UCMP, UWBM

Primary reference: D. G. DeMar, Jr. 2013. A new fossil salamander (Caudata, Proteidae) from the Upper Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) Hell Creek Formation, Montana, U.S.A. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 33(3):588-598 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/P. Holroyd]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 144502: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 08.05.2013, edited by Patricia Holroyd and Matthew Carrano

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Galagadon nordquistae5
Galagadon nordquistae5
UCMP 556426
Actinopteri
 Teleostei -
Teleostei "indet. U-4"1, Osteoglossomorpha indet.1
Teleostei "indet. U-4"1 Müller 1846
UCMP 297017, one abdominal centrum
Osteoglossomorpha indet.1 Greenwood et al. 1966
= Coriops/Lopadichthys;
 Hiodontiformes - Hiodontidae
Hiodontidae "indet. small morph"1, Hiodontidae "indet. large morph"1
Hiodontidae "indet. small morph"1
UCMP 191590/, three centra of small size, including a first abdominal centrum
Hiodontidae "indet. large morph"1
UCMP 191595, centrum of large size
 Osteoglossiformes -
? Wilsonichthys sp.1, Wilsonichthys aridinsulensis1
? Wilsonichthys sp.1 Murray et al. 2016
Wilsonichthys aridinsulensis1 Murray et al. 2016
 Acanthomorphata -
"Acanthomorpha "indet. HC-1"" = Acanthomorphata1, "Acanthomorpha "indet. HC-2"" = Acanthomorphata1, "Acanthomorpha "indet. HC-3"" = Acanthomorphata1, "Acanthomorpha "indet. HC-4"" = Acanthomorphata1
"Acanthomorpha "indet. HC-1"" = Acanthomorphata1 Rosen 1973
"Acanthomorpha "indet. HC-2"" = Acanthomorphata1 Rosen 1973
UCMP 297015, one first centrum
"Acanthomorpha "indet. HC-3"" = Acanthomorphata1 Rosen 1973
UCMP297016, two first abdominal centra
"Acanthomorpha "indet. HC-4"" = Acanthomorphata1 Rosen 1973
 Teleostei -
Percopsiformes indet.1
Percopsiformes indet.1 Berg 1940
UCMP 198884, two dentaries
 Esociformes - Esocidae
Estesesox sp.1
Estesesox sp.1 Wilson et al. 1992
UCMP 198885, three dentaries of intermediate size; UCMP 191591, centra type NvD and NvE
 Teleostei -
Gonorhynchiformes "indet. H"1
Gonorhynchiformes "indet. H"1
UCMP 191589, one first abdominal centrum (centrum type HvB)
 Gonorhynchiformes - Gonorhynchidae
Notogoneus sp.1
Notogoneus sp.1 Cope 1885
 Ostariophysi -
"Otophysi "indet. U-3/BvD"" = Otophysa1
"Otophysi "indet. U-3/BvD"" = Otophysa1
UCMP 191592, a third Weberian centrum (centrum type BvC)
Amphibia
 Proteida - Batrachosauroididae
Opisthotriton kayi3
Opisthotriton kayi3 Auffenberg 1961 salamander
 Caudata - Urodela
Paranecturus garbanii, Scapherpetontidae "indet. 1"3, Habrosaurus dilatus3
Paranecturus garbanii DeMar 2013 mudpuppy
UCMP specimens (atlantes); author does not state which specimens come from which locality
Scapherpetontidae "indet. 1"3 Auffenberg and Goin 1959 salamander
"gen. et sp. nov. 1"
Habrosaurus dilatus3 Gilmore 1928 siren
 Temnospondyli - Albanerpetontidae
Albanerpetontidae indet.3, Albanerpeton galaktion3
Albanerpetontidae indet.3 Fox and Naylor 1982 tetrapod
Albanerpeton galaktion3 Fox and Naylor 1982 tetrapod
Reptilia
 Ornithischia - Ceratopsidae
Triceratops sp.4
Triceratops sp.4 Marsh 1889 ceratopsid
MOR 1167
Chondrichthyes
 Rajiformes - Rhinobatidae
Myledaphus pustulosus n. sp.2
Myledaphus pustulosus n. sp.2 Cook et al. 2014 guitarfish
UCMP 197869; UCMP 191578, 107 complete and fragmented teeth and one denticle; UCMP 191870, one complete tooth; UCMP 191872, one complete tooth; UCMP 191581, 24 denticles
 Batoidea -
Cristomylus leptostemma n. sp.5
Cristomylus leptostemma n. sp.5 Wynd et al. 2020 ray
UWBM 111225
 Orectolobiformes - Ginglymostomatidae
Cantioscyllium estesi5
Cantioscyllium estesi5 nurse shark
UCMP 191578
 Orectolobiformes - Hemiscylliidae
Chiloscyllium sp.2
Chiloscyllium sp.2 Müller and Henle 1837 carpet shark
UCMP 191578, fractured tooth
 Orectolobiformes - Orectolobidae
Restesia americana2
Restesia americana2 Estes 1964 wobbegong
UCMP 191578, two complete teeth; UCMP 191581, five complete teeth; UCMP 191874, 191875
1Brinkman et al. 2021; 2Cook et al. 2014; 3Gardner and DeMar 2013; 4Scannella and Fowler 2014; 5Wynd et al. 2020