MOR CL-121, Bridger (Cretaceous to of the United States)

Where: Montana (45.3° N, 108.4° W: paleocoordinates 44.6° N, 66.2° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Himes Member (Cloverly Formation), Middle Albian to Middle Albian (109.0 - 93.5 Ma)

• Ostrom's Unit VII

•D'Emic et al. 2019: In the mid–late Albian to early Cenomanian (ca. 109–98 Ma), sediment sourced from the east was deposited as the Himes Member and Greybull Sandstone.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; gray mudstone

• "a weathered, grey mudstone with abundant caliche"

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collected in 1992

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

Primary reference: W. D. Maxwell. 1993. Neonate dinosaur remains and dinosaur eggshell from the Lower Cretaceous Cloverly Formation, Montana. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 13(3, suppl.):49A [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 55246: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 03.10.2005

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gnathostomata
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Osteichthyes
 Dipnoi - Ceratodontidae
Ceratodus sp. Agassiz 1838 lungfish
Mammalia
 Eutriconodonta - Triconodontidae
Triconodontidae indet. Marsh 1887 mammal
Reptilia
 Testudinata - Helochelydridae
cf. Naomichelys sp. Hay 1908 turtle
 Dinosauria -
Dinosauria indet. dinosaur
3-5 types of eggshell
 Theropoda - Caenagnathidae
Microvenator sp. Ostrom 1970 maniraptoran
 Theropoda - Dromaeosauridae
Deinonychus sp. Ostrom 1969 maniraptoran
 Ornithischia - Nodosauridae
Sauropelta sp. Ostrom 1970 ankylosaur
 Ornithischia - Hypsilophodontidae
Hypsilophodontidae indet. hypsilophodontid
 Saurischia -
 Loricata -
Crocodylia indet. crocodilian
Chondrichthyes
 Rajiformes -
Pseudohypolophus sp. Cappetta and Case 1975 guitarfish
 Hybodontiformes - Hybodontidae
Hybodus sp. Agassiz 1834 elasmobranch
Bivalvia
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Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam
Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
unclassified
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Plantae indet. Haeckel 1866