south of Taffy Creek (Bearpaw): Late/Upper Campanian, Montana
collected by C. H. Sternberg & C. M. Sternberg 1914
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Mosasauridae
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Clidastes sp.
Cope 1868
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| mandibles, teeth, and many vertebrae | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Plesiosauria
- Elasmosauridae
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Cimoliasaurus sp.
Leidy 1851
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| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Montana | County: | Fergus |
| Coordinates: | 47.6° North, 109.4° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 54.7° North, 75.6° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Campanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 7 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Campanian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 83.60000 - 72.10000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Montana | Formation: | Bearpaw Shale |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "shale" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | medium |
| Abundance in sediment: | rare |
| Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis | ||
| Collectors: | C. H. Sternberg & C. M. Sternberg | Collection dates: | 1914 |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Dog Creek | ||
| Database number: | 107428 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | H. Street |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2011-04-08 07:32:32 | Last modified: | 2017-07-26 17:05:33 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-04-08 07:32:32 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 35763. | ETE | C. H. Sternberg. 1915. Evidence proving that the Belly River beds of Alberta are equivalent with the Judith River beds of Montana. Science 42(1073):131-133 [M. Carrano/H. Street] |
Secondary references:
| 62883 | L. M. Lambe. 1915. Report of the vertebrate palaeontologist. Summary report of the Geological Survey Department of Mines for the Calendar Year 1914 1503:116-121 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |