Also known as B. alticornis type, Green Mountain Creek
Where: Jefferson County, Colorado (39.7° N, 105.0° W: paleocoordinates 46.4° N, 81.3° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Denver Formation, Late/Upper Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; white sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by G. Cannon, W. Cross in 1887; reposited in the USNM
Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,
Primary reference: O. C. Marsh. 1887. Notice of new fossil mammals. American Journal of Science 34(202):323-331 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 46139: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 04.01.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Bison alticornis n. sp.
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