Haley (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as UCMP V-75157

Where: Garfield County, Montana (47.6° N, 107.3° W: paleocoordinates 54.4° N, 80.4° W)

• coordinate based on unpublished field data

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; mudstone

Size class: mesofossils

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: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 14560: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 30.04.1994, edited by Matthew Carrano

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Multituberculata - Neoplagiaulacidae
Mesodma thompsoni Clemens 1964 multituberculate
 Multituberculata - Cimolodontidae
Cimolodon nitidus Marsh 1889 multituberculate
Reptilia
 Squamata - Xenosauridae
Exostinus sp.2 Cope 1873 squamates
 Testudinata -
Compsemys victa2 Leidy 1856 turtle
 Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionychidae indet.2 Gray 1825 softshell turtle
 Loricata -
Crocodylia indet.1 crocodilian
 Crocodylia - Alligatoridae
Brachychampsa sp.2 Gilmore 1911 crocodilian
 Crocodylia - Crocodylidae
 Ornithischia - Ceratopsidae
Ceratopsidae indet.2 Marsh 1888 ceratopsid
 Ornithischia - Hadrosauridae
Hadrosauridae indet.2 Cope 1869 hadrosaurid
 Theropoda -
 Theropoda - Dromaeosauridae
Richardoestesia cf. gilmorei3 Currie et al. 1990 maniraptoran
UCMP 128941
 Theropoda - Caenagnathidae
Chirostenotes sp.2 Gilmore 1924 maniraptoran
 Choristodera -
Champsosaurus sp.2 Cope 1876 choristodere
Amphibia
 Proteida - Batrachosauroididae
Opisthotriton sp.2 Auffenberg 1961 salamander
 Caudata - Urodela
Scapherpeton sp.2 Cope 1876 salamander
Actinopteri
 Amiiformes - Amiidae
Amia sp.2 Linnaeus 1766 bowfin
 Lepisosteiformes - Lepisosteidae
Lepisosteus sp.2 Agassiz 1843 gar
 Aspidorhynchiformes - Aspidorhynchidae
Chondrichthyes
 Rajiformes - Rhinobatidae
Myledaphus bipartitus2 Cope 1876 guitarfish