Tony's Tail Quarry (TTQ) (Cretaceous to of the United States)

Where: Golden Valley County, Montana (46.3° N, 109.2° W: paleocoordinates 53.4° N, 76.2° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Judith River Formation (Montana Group), Middle Campanian to Middle Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)

• Judithian based on fauna

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; sandstone

Size class: mesofossils

Collection methods: bulk,

Primary reference: A. R. Fiorillo. 1997. Stratigraphic distribution of fossil vertebrates in the Judith River Formation (Upper Cretaceous) of Wheatland and Golden Valley counties, south-central Montana. Northwest Geology 27:1-12 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 222122: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 10.09.2021

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Testudinata - Baenidae
Boremys sp. Lambe 1906 turtle
 Testudines - Nanhsiungchelyidae
Basilemys sp. Hay 1902 turtle
 Testudines - Trionychidae
Aspideretes sp. Hay 1904 softshell turtle