Fred Fitch Ranch (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as UCMP V-73051

Where: Garfield County, Montana (47.6° N, 107.0° W: paleocoordinates 54.4° N, 80.1° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; sandstone

Reposited in the UCMP

Collection methods: bulk, surface (float), sieve,

Primary reference: J. D. Archibald. 1982. A study of Mammalia and geology across the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary in Garfield County, Montana. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 122:1-286 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 14552: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 15.05.2002, edited by Matthew Carrano

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Amphibia
 Caudata - Urodela
Scapherpeton tectum Cope 1876 salamander
UCMP 120156
Mammalia
 Multituberculata - Cimolomyidae
Meniscoessus robustus Marsh 1889 multituberculate
UCMP 107405
Reptilia
 Crocodylia - Alligatoridae
Brachychampsa montana Gilmore 1911 crocodilian
UCMP 120159
 Loricata -
"Leidyosuchus sternbergi" = Borealosuchus sternbergii
"Leidyosuchus sternbergi" = Borealosuchus sternbergii Gilmore 1910 crocodilian
UCMP 120158
 Choristodera -
Champsosaurus natator Parks 1933 choristodere
UCMP 120157