NDSFC Loc. LO64 (Cretaceous of the United States)

Where: Logan County, North Dakota (46.4° N, 99.6° W: paleocoordinates 51.8° N, 72.1° 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 classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

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

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 231469: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 21.08.2023

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Testudines - Toxochelyidae
Lophochelys sp. Zangerl 1953 sea turtle
Neural, ND 99-5.2
 Testudines -
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines Batsch 1788 turtle
 Squamata - Mosasauridae
? Plioplatecarpus sp. Dollo 1882 mosasaur
Teeth, ND 95-13.55, ND 99-6.3
 Theropoda - Dromaeosauridae
cf. Saurornitholestes sp. Sues 1978 maniraptoran
Eroded tooth tip fragment, ND 95-13.56
Aves
  -
? Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758 bird
Tooth, ND 95-13.57; Claws, ND 99-6.4, ND 95-13.59, ND 95-13.58
Amphibia
 Caudata - Urodela
Lisserpeton bairdi Estes 1965 salamander
Dorsal vertebra, ND 99-5.1
 Proteida - Batrachosauroididae
Opisthotriton kayi Auffenberg 1961 salamander
Dorsal vertebra, ND 99-6.2