NDSFC loc. EM25 (Cretaceous of the United States)

Where: Emmons County, North Dakota (46.2° N, 100.6° W: paleocoordinates 51.9° N, 73.2° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Timber Lake Member (Fox Hills Formation), Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marginal marine; sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: surface (float),

Primary reference: J. W. Hoganson, J. M. Erickson, and F. D. Holland. 2007. Amphibian, reptilian, and avian remains from the Fox Hills Formation (Maastrichtian): shoreline and estuarine deposits of the Pierre Sea in south-central North Dakota. In J. E. Martin & J. C. Parris (ed.), The Geology and Paleontology of the Late Cretaceous Marine Deposits of the Dakotas. Geological Society of America Special Paper 427:239-256 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 231461: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 21.08.2023

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Testudines -
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines Batsch 1788 turtle
 Testudines - Trionychidae
"Aspideretes" sp. Hay 1904 softshell turtle
costal fragment, ND 95-5.1