Waterline, UCMP loc. V86063: Lancian, North Dakota
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Testudines
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Chelonia indet.
(Latreille 1800)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| synonym of Testudines | ||||||||||
| UCMP 172312 | ||||||||||
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Protochelydra sp.
Erickson 1973
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| UCMP 172258 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Trionychidae
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Trionychidae indet.
Gray 1825
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7 specimens | |||||||||
| 172255, 172269, 172288, UCMP 172309–172311, 172330–172331, 172340, 172346 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Adocidae
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Adocus sp.
Cope 1868
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| UCMP 172287 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Nanhsiungchelyidae
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Basilemys sp.
Hay 1902
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4 specimens | |||||||||
| UCMP 172286, 172294–172295, 172324 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Chelydridae
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Chelydridae indet.
Swainson 1839
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| UCMP 172284, 172308, 172347 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
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Clemmys backmani
Russell 1934
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| recombined as Osteopygis backmani | ||||||||||
| UCMP 172307 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
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Compsemys victa
(Leidy 1856)
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| UCMP 172268, 172293, 172339 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Baenidae
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Baenidae indet.
Cope 1882
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7 specimens | |||||||||
| 172256–172267, 172280–172283, UCMP 172313–172319, 172329, 172338, 172348, 172353 | ||||||||||
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Palatobaena sp.
Gaffney 1972
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| UCMP 172257 | ||||||||||
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Plesiobaena antiquus
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| UCMP 136554 | ||||||||||
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Neurankylus sp.
Lambe 1902
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| UCMP 172285, 172337 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
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Champsosaurus sp.
Cope 1876
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6 specimens | |||||||||
| UCMP 172259, 172266, 172289, 172301, 172332, 172336 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Hadrosauridae
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Hadrosauridae indet.
Cope 1869
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6 specimens | |||||||||
| UCMP 172272–3, 172304, 172321, 172335, 177912 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Ceratopsidae
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Ceratopsidae indet.
Marsh 1888
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| UCMP 172271, 172274, 172305 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
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Saurischia indet.
(Seeley 1888)
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10 specimens | |||||||||
| UCMP 172270, 172275–9, 172306, 172320, 172344–5 | ||||||||||
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Crocodylia indet.
(Owen 1842)
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6 specimens | |||||||||
| UCMP 172260, 172292, 172303, 172325, 172334, 172343 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Alligatoridae
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Alligatoridae indet.
Gray 1844
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| UCMP 172302, 172333 | ||||||||||
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Urodela
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Urodela indet.
(Duméril 1805)
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| UCMP 172264, 172322, 172349 | ||||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Amiiformes
- Amiidae
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Amiidae indet.
Huxley 1861
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| UCMP 172299, 172328 | ||||||||||
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Melvius sp.
Bryant 1987
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4 specimens | |||||||||
| UCMP 172265, 172290, 172298, 172341 | ||||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Lepisosteiformes
- Lepisosteidae
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Lepisosteidae indet.
Cuvier 1825
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4 specimens | |||||||||
| UCMP 172261–172262, 172300, 172342 | ||||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Rajiformes
- Rhinobatidae
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Myledaphus sp.
Cope 1876
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37 specimens | |||||||||
| UCMP 172263, 172296-172297, 172327, 172351 | ||||||||||
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= Myledaphus pustulosus
Cook et al. 2014
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Cook et al. 2014 | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | North Dakota | County: | Slope County |
| Coordinates: | 46.4° North, 103.5° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 52.5° North, 76.8° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Maastrichtian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 8 |
| Key time interval: | Lancian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Montana | Formation: | Hell Creek | Member: | Lower |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | sandstone |
| Secondary lithology: | mudstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: mudstone, sandstone, clayball conglomerate | |
| Environment: | fluvial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (float),surface (in situ),survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Museum repositories: | UCMP |
Metadata
| Also known as: | UCMP V-86063 | ||
| Database number: | 137706 | ||
| Authorizer: | R. Benson, M. Carrano | Enterer: | R. Benson, M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2012-12-18 20:48:26 | Last modified: | 2021-09-02 10:55:34 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2012-12-18 20:48:26 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 42536. | P. A. Holroyd and J. H. Hutchison. 2002. Patterns of geographic variation in latest Cretaceous vertebrates: evidence from the turtle component. Geological Society of America Special Paper 361:177-190 [R. Benson/R. Benson] |
Secondary references:
| 77911 | T. D. Cook, M. G. Newbrey, D. B. Brinkman and J. I. Kirkland. 2014. Euselachians from the freshwater deposits of the Hell Creek Formation of Montana. In G. P. Wilson, W. A. Clemens, J. R. Horner, J. H. Hartman (eds.), Through the End of the Cretaceous in the Type Locality of the Hell Creek Formation in Montana and Adjacent Areas. Geological Society of America Special Paper 503:229-246 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |