PTRM V88019, Mud Buttes (Cretaceous of the United States)

Where: Bowman County, North Dakota (46.0° N, 103.8° W: paleocoordinates 52.2° N, 77.3° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Hell Creek Formation, Late/Upper Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)

• datum -12.00, K-T section 9906

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: crevasse splay; sandy siltstone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: D. A. Pearson, T. Schaefer, K. R. Johnson, D. J. Nichols, and J. P. Hunter. 2002. Vertebrate biostratigraphy of the Hell Creek Formation in southwestern North Dakota and northwestern South Dakota. In J. H. Hartman, J. R. Johnson, and D. J. Nichols (eds.), The Hell Creek Formation and the Cretaceous-Tertiary Boundary in the Northern Great Plains: An Integrated Continental Record of the End of the Cretaceous, Geological Society of America Special Paper 361:145-167 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 45110: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 06.10.2004

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Crocodylia - Alligatoridae
Brachychampsa montana Gilmore 1911 crocodilian
 Loricata -
"Leidyosuchus sternbergi" = Borealosuchus sternbergii
"Leidyosuchus sternbergi" = Borealosuchus sternbergii Gilmore 1910 crocodilian
 Ornithischia - Hadrosauridae
Hadrosaurinae indet. Lambe 1918 hadrosaurine
 Ornithischia - Ceratopsidae
Ceratopsidae indet. Marsh 1888 ceratopsid
Aves
  -
Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758 bird
Reptilia
 Theropoda - Dromaeosauridae
Richardoestesia isosceles Sankey 2001 maniraptoran
 Choristodera -
Champsosaurus sp. Cope 1876 choristodere
 Eosuchia -
Lepidosauria indet. Haeckel 1866 lepidosaur
 Testudinata -
Compsemys victa Leidy 1856 turtle
 Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionychidae indet. Gray 1825 softshell turtle
 Testudines - Chelydridae
Chelydridae indet. Swainson 1839 turtle
Amphibia
 Caudata - Urodela
Scapherpeton tectum Cope 1876 salamander
Actinopteri
 Lepisosteiformes - Lepisosteidae
 Amiiformes - Amiidae
"Kindleia fragosa" = Cyclurus fragosus
"Kindleia fragosa" = Cyclurus fragosus Jordan 1927 bowfin
Chondrichthyes
 Rajiformes - Rhinobatidae
Myledaphus bipartitus Cope 1876 guitarfish